Silver medal-winning Olympic table tennis player Miwa Harimoto recently had her skills tested by a robot called FORPHEUS at a semiconductor event in Tokyo. Developed by the Omron Corporation ...

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One of the key advancements in table tennis robotics is the use of reinforcement learning (RL) to teach robots how to play the game from scratch. A study demonstrated that robots equipped with ...

[Steffan] was standing behind the table hitting the ball — they just erased him and animated in a robot. As for the off-putting “servo” noises? They were actually made by turning a ...

A robot that plays table tennis put Olympian Miwa Harimoto through her paces at a demonstration event organized by the semiconductor industry in Tokyo. Developed by Omron Corp., the ninth ...

We usually use up to 6 tables at practices. A table tennis robot (Newgy Robo-Pong) is available as well, and can be used to improve your game. Please note that it will not be used on crowded days.

In a world where robots fold laundry, is it too disconcerting to have one come for Olympics gold, asks Satyen K. In 2023, a ...

A quadruped robot developed by the Chengdu-based University of Electronic Science and Technology of China patrols outside the Sichuan Gymnasium, the venue for the International Table Tennis ...

Ratana Dong of the Village of Polo Ridge was one of the table tennis enthusiasts who successfully lobbied the AAC for the facility. She is encouraging all residents to come and enjoy table tennis at ...