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Not to take anything away from the robot, but I would have liked to see the match be against a male player, as they can impart higher speed an spin on the ball,
by XCSme 6mo ago
Not to take anything away from the robot, but I would have liked to see the match be against a male player, as they can impart higher speed an spin on the ball, which would give the robot less reaction time.
- yttrium 6mo agoIt did play against a male player, as outlined in the article: > Sony AI autonomous robot Ace returns a shot back against its human opponent, table tennis player Yamato Kawamata, during a match in December 2025, as seen in this photograph released on April 22, 2026.
- dyauspitr 6mo agoIt did but didn’t win against not win against the male. It’s in the video from Sony AI.
- yttrium 6mo agoIt did also win against two male players - you can see some of the replays and the scores in the actual sony publicity video here: https://ace.ai.sony/ https://ace.ai.sony/. Most notably the best player it played (#64 last year) it lost against quite handily, 11-2, 11-6.