Sony AI
Coverage of Sony AI in the Nexus archive.
- Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players
Sony's AI division developed Ace, the first ping-pong robot capable of competing against and occasionally defeating top-ranked human players under official ITTF rules. This advancement highlights progress in AI and robotics, contrasting with earlier robots like Omron's FOREPHUS, which only challenged amateurs.
- A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines
Sony's table tennis robot, Ace, built using AI and reinforcement learning, has challenged and sometimes defeated elite human players, marking a milestone in robotics. The robot uses nine cameras and adaptive movements to achieve expert-level play in a physical competitive sport.
- AI-powered robot beats elite table tennis players
An AI-powered robot named Ace, developed by Sony AI, achieved a milestone by defeating elite table tennis players in three out of five matches under official rules. However, it lost to professional players in two matches, managing to win only one game in those contests.