A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how advances in ...

Olympic table tennis bronze medalist Jun Mizutani of Japan took on a different type of challenger on Monday -- FORPHEUS, a machine. FORPHEUS wasn’t quite high-tech enough to handle Mizutani’s normal ...

A Robot Is Beating Human Pros at Table Tennis. Its Maker Calls It a Milestone for Machines A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite ...

A table tennis robot built by Sony is seen in Tokyo, Dec. 2025. (Sony AI via AP) A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players ...