Ace is the first robot that can match serves with some of the best pro players in the world, a new study shows.

Scientists at Sony AI have developed a table tennis robot with enough speed and precision to beat even some expert ping pong players in the latest matchup between biological and artificial intelligence.

Sony AI's table tennis robot, Ace. (Sony AI) Table tennis is one of the most skill-intensive sports on the planet – and engineers have now built a robot capable of besting some of the world's top players.

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile.

The table-tennis robot that can mix it with the pros. Research Article: Dürr et al. News and Views: Robot can be

Humanoid robots are getting better and better at doing human things. Their latest achievement? Running a half-marathon faster than a human. A robot from Chinese company Honor, best known for its smartphones,