Andrew Paul is Popular Science's staff writer covering tech news. Previously, he was a regular contributor to The A.V. Club and Input, and has had recent work featured by Rolling Stone, Fangoria, GQ, Slate, NBC, as well as McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He lives outside Indianapolis.
ArticleBody:Humans have firmly retained their lead over robots at table tennis for over 40 years, but recent advancements at Google DeepMind suggest our days of dominance may be numbered. As detailed in a preprint paper released on August 7, researchers have designed the first-ever robotic system capable of amateur human-level performance in ping pong—and there are videos to prove it. https://youtu.
They then tasked their AI system to practice using this dataset in physically accurate virtual simulations to learn skills like returning serves, backhand aiming, and forehand topspin methods. From there, they paired the AI with a robotic arm capable of complex, quick movements and set it against human players.
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