Sony’s AI division has designed a robot that can beat elite human players at table tennis. From the paper:Evaluated in matches against elite and professional players under official competition rules, Ace achieved several victories and demonstrated consistent returns of high-speed, high-spin shots. These results highlight the potential of physical AI agents to perform complex, real-time interactive tasks, suggesting broader applications in domains requiring fast, precise human–robot interaction.Ace is a fine name, but I might have gone with something like WALL-E Supreme instead. (Robbie Supreme?) Tags: artificial intelligence · robots · sports · table tennis · video