Google Shows Off Robot That It Says Plays Ping Pong as Well as a Human

Back in the Paddle

Google's DeepMind has shown off an AI-powered robot that can beat the average player at a game of table tennis.

According to an announcement by the company on X-formerly-Twitter, "it’s the first agent to achieve amateur human level performance in this sport."

A video shows the robot wielding an extended table tennis paddle, confidently aiming the ball to throw off its human opponent.

But when it'll be able to take on the likes of China's national team, which recently won gold at the ongoing Olympics in Paris, remains to be seen. While Google's engineers can seemingly keep up with the robot, a professional in the sport will be far harder to beat.

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