Sony AI's Table Tennis Robot Makes History
Sony scientists refined Ace's performance between 2025-04 to 2025-12.
Ace beat elite players and professional Japanese league players Minami Ando and Kakeru Sone.
Ace scored 16 aces and maintained 75% serve return rate using high-speed cameras and reinforcement learning.
Peter Dürr noted table tennis requires split-second decisions, highlighting potential for physical AI agents.
Stone said the breakthrough is bigger than table tennis, noting rapid advancements since Google DeepMind's robot was defeated two years ago.
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