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    Sony's table tennis bot is already crushing ranked pros

    Sony just showed off Ace, an autonomous table tennis robot that consistently defeats ranked human professionals under official competition rules. Mounted on a heavy-duty electric rail, the bot tracks incoming ball spin within milliseconds and aggressively adjusts its own returns to force human errors. Two-time Olympic medalist Miu Hirano noted it rarely makes rally mistakes and could already compete at a top-10 women's level.

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    Sony's new robot can beat pro ping-pong players

    Sony AI just unveiled Ace, an autonomous table-tennis robot featured on the cover of Nature that defeated elite and professional human players on a full-size court under official ITTF rules. Equipped with 12 high-speed sensors yielding a 10.2 ms perception latency, Ace trained entirely in simulation to read intense spin and swing in real time. It marks a massive leap for physical AI handling split-second, high-speed physical interaction.