Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players

The Verge
By Andrew LiszewskiApr 22, 2026, 1:43 pm101 pts
Ace is the first robot that can beat the best human players while following the official rules of table tennis. | Image: Sony AI Humans have been building ping-pong playing robots for decades, such as Omron's FOREPHUS that challenged amateur competitors at CES 2017. What sets Ace apart from the rest is that the…

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