To that end, [Nekojiru] built a ping pong ball juggling robot that used those very acoustics to pinpoint the location of the ball in relation to the robot.

The ping-pong robot was unveiled at CEATEC in Japan this week. The video below provides an introduction to Omron's ping-pong robot program and shows the robot in action.

To that end, [Nekojiru] built a ping pong ball juggling robot that used those very acoustics to pinpoint the location of the ball in relation to the robot.

The CEATAC Japan exhibition shows the impress advancement of Japanese companies in the field of robotics. The highlights of the show are a ping pong-playing spider robot, synchronized cheerleaders ...

Omron Corp. unveiled a ping pong playing robot at Japan’s largest electronics trade show in hopes that the technologies could one day allow for more productive robots in factory jobs.

“I loved Ping-Pong,” he said. “I used to practice at lunchtime with a couple of buddies of mine against this little robot. We bought a robot, not kidding, and we got a robot where this thing would ...

A new report on a ping pong playing robot was published in the New Scientist on Dec. 10. German researchers at the University of Tübingen used a machine-learning algorithm to teach the robotic ...

It may seem silly, but solving these kinds of robot training problems with table tennis has potential real-world applications.

A smartphone-controlled dinosaur, synchronized cheerleaders and a ping pong-playing spider are some of the robot technology showcased at the CEATEC Japan electronics exhibition.

Left with no practice partner last year, the tech-savvy paddler used a ping pong robot he had imported from Germany and finally booked his Tokyo spot in March. "It can fire around 120 balls per ...

Healthcare electronics maker Omron is showing off its sensing know-how with a huge ping pong-playing robot, but the robot is still easy to beat—for now. The 2.7-meter-tall, three-legged beast ...