Chinese researchers create ping-pong playing robots, trash talk still needs work
Wu and Kong are the latest additions to a pantheon of robot athletes . Sure, their eye-mounted motion-tracking cameras may not make for the most emotive games you’ll ever see, but we can’t help but be impressed by all those precision shots. The robot twins were developed at China’s Zhejiang University and, we’ll admit, compared to getting hustled at pool or being struck out by a baseball robot , there’s something a bit friendlier about a game of table tennis with our future oppressors . You can marvel at the duo’s bionic backspin in action after the break. We’re massive Wu fans. Continue reading Chinese researchers create ping-pong playing robots, trash talk still needs work Chinese researchers create ping-pong playing robots, trash talk still needs work originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Chinese researchers create ping-pong playing robots, trash talk still needs work
Wu and Kong are the latest additions to a pantheon of robot athletes . Sure, their eye-mounted motion-tracking cameras may not make for the most emotive games you’ll ever see, but we can’t help but be impressed by all those precision shots. The robot twins were developed at China’s Zhejiang University and, we’ll admit, compared to getting hustled at pool or being struck out by a baseball robot , there’s something a bit friendlier about a game of table tennis with our future oppressors . You can marvel at the duo’s bionic backspin in action after the break. We’re massive Wu fans. Continue reading Chinese researchers create ping-pong playing robots, trash talk still needs work Chinese researchers create ping-pong playing robots, trash talk still needs work originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
