Silver medal-winning Olympic table tennis player Miwa Harimoto recently had her skills tested by a robot called FORPHEUS at a semiconductor event in Tokyo. Developed by the Omron Corporation ...

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[Steffan] was standing behind the table hitting the ball — they just erased him and animated in a robot. As for the off-putting “servo” noises? They were actually made by turning a ...

A robot that plays table tennis put Olympian Miwa Harimoto through her paces at a demonstration event organized by the semiconductor industry in Tokyo. Developed by Omron Corp., the ninth ...

We usually use up to 6 tables at practices. A table tennis robot (Newgy Robo-Pong) is available as well, and can be used to improve your game. Please note that it will not be used on crowded days.