Unlike a ball machine, this AI tennis robot reacts, moves, and coaches you for smarter, more realistic training.

One of the more tedious parts of playing tennis, or just practicing your swing, is having to retrieve all of the tennis balls you have knocked around the court. But a new Kickstarter project is looking to make this time-consuming task a thing of the past ...

While Sphero might have the tiny remote-control ball market cornered, it would seem that Leka is aiming for the next size up. Leka is a robotic companion ball aimed at children. While it might be aimed specifically at children with special needs, we couldn ...

Acemate sees your shots, moves into position, catches the ball, and serves it right back, With no extra sensors needed. A true rally player!

On the outside, robots don't come much simpler than a ball, but that doesn't do justice to the tech inside the gadgets from Sphero. New Atlas went hands on with the company's latest offering, a tiny app-connected robot ball called the Sphero Mini that's ...

SwitchBot says the Acemate serves (pun not intended) as an AI tennis coach, capturing info about ball speed, spin, net clearance, and placement, then gives you feedback using the Acemate app for iOS and Android phones. The company even integrates the Apple Watch to compare biometrics data to statistics from matches played with the robot.