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Sony achieves ‘major breakthrough’ with tennis-playing robot

Sony AI has announced a “major breakthrough” in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) with the publication of its project Ace, the first known real-world autonomous system competitive with elite and professional-level human table tennis players. Th…