Practice long enough with Omron Corporation‘s AI-equipped robot table tennis tutor, FORPHEUS, and you’ll probably develop a wicked backhand shot. Despite its impressiveness as a teacher, helping you play better ping-pong isn’t Omron’s No. 1 goal for FORPHEUS. “What we’re trying to show is our vision,” Omron’s Automation Group Manager, Mike Chen, said. “This is our […]
Carrying the Olympic torch has long been known as a tremendous honor. With the PyeongChang Winter Olympics two months away, the torch is making its way around South Korea. Interestingly enough, one of the latest to carry the torch wasn’t human. Hubo, a robot created by Professor Jun Ho Oh, received the torch from his creator […]
The bane of every sportswriter’s job is writing a game recap on deadline in which the lead changes in the final minute or on the last play — and add extra innings or overtime for double the fun. In Korea, there will now be one scribe not cursing the late story change, as the Yonhap […]
