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Robot can beat elite players at table tennis
Robot can beat elite players at table tennis Nature, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01045-2 Ace — an AI-controlled table-tennis robot — shows that autonomous systems can compete with humans at c…
Why it matters
A useful signal for anyone monitoring beat. The robot factor makes this more consequential than it first appears.