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Reinforcement learning can help robots tackle new tasks they haven't tried before The researchers compiled a dataset of table tennis ball states, including data on position, spin, and speed.

21 (UPI) --Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush put his juggling skills to the test to break the record for the fastest time to make 10 alternating hits of a table tennis ball on bottle ...

The researchers developed optimized control algorithms to determine the speed and orientation of the racket at which the table tennis ball should be hit back. The robot is capable of a total of ...