There were dozens of robots at CES, and many of them were the kinds with human features -- faces, arms, legs and even personalities. Some of them, such as a giant machine that can play table tennis ...

Researchers at Stanford University have created an innovative humanoid robot called "HumanPlus" that can learn and perform a wide range of tasks by observing human actions. This breakthrough in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – For someone who lost a season to a nagging elbow injury that needed surgery, Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra understandably welcomed the postponement of the Tokyo ...

Google’s DeepMind has shown off an AI-powered robot that can beat the average player at a game of table tennis. According to an announcement by the company on X-formerly-Twitter, “it’s the first agent ...

What can’t robots do these days? As the the engineering society IEEE’s robotics page shows, there’s a robot for everything these days, so why not a robot to play ping pong? Researchers at China’s ...

In addition to training future players, the technology could expand the capabilities of other humanoid robots, such as for search and rescue. (Nanowerk News) MIT engineers are getting in on the ...

Recorded on January 8, 2018. TechCrunch’s Tito Hamze played Ping Pong against Omron’s demonstration Ping Pong Robot. The Robot was good but no match for Tito’s charm and good looks. Plan ahead for the ...

It’s a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we ...

I always asked for a ping-pong table each Christmas, but my dad had a pretty good counter-argument: “You’re an only child. Who’s going to play with you?” Sad, but true. Which is why I always got socks ...

Ping-pong seems to be the sport of choice when it comes to tech firms showcasing their robotic wares. Japanese firm Omron, for example, made headlines several years ago with its ping-pong robot that ...

Time lapse photos show a new ping-pong-playing robot performing a top spin. The robot quickly estimates the speed and trajectory of an incoming ball and precisely hits it to a desired location on the ...