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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by XCSme on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:41AM (#47875672)
Not to take anything away from the robot, but I would have liked to see the match be against a male player, as they can impart higher speed an spin on the ball, which would give the robot less reaction time.
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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by yttrium on Thursday April 23, 2026 @10:05AM (#47875919)
It did play against a male player, as outlined in the article:

> Sony AI autonomous robot Ace returns a shot back against its human opponent, table tennis player Yamato Kawamata, during a match in December 2025, as seen in this photograph released on April 22, 2026.

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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by dyauspitr on Thursday April 23, 2026 @10:12AM (#47875986)
It did but didn’t win against not win against the male. It’s in the video from Sony AI.
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Re:Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level hu... by yttrium on Thursday April 23, 2026 @04:02PM (#47880993)
It did also win against two male players - you can see some of the replays and the scores in the actual sony publicity video here: https://ace.ai.sony/.

Most notably the best player it played (#64 last year) it lost against quite handily, 11-2, 11-6.

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