Badminton-Playing Robot Will Destroy You on the Court

Ping Pong - playing robotsthat can keep up with the likes of Forrest Gump are impressive , sure . But scholarly person and professor at theUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of Chinatook on a enceinte challenge when they build abadminton - playing robotthat can quickly cover an total court and render almost any shot .

Using a duo of hi - def telecasting cameras to produce stereophonic images that are wirelessly pelt to an international computer for processing , the badminton - bet robot can track and forecast the exact trajectory of an opponent ’s shot , ensure that it ’s always in the precise spot to make a take .

It ’s dubitable the robot would be allowed to compete on a professional storey for infinite reasons , the least of which being the fact that it use a pair of racket , mounted at different angles , to in effect deliver different types of service . But as tight and capable as the robot come out , without the power to sharply smash a return back at its opponents , there ’s small opportunity it could pull ahead a match against a talented player . Unless it ’s going for the endurance approach , tiring out its opponent by return every shot send its way for hour and hours on oddment . And that ’s how the robots will inevitably take over the world .