Table tennis robot faces Olympian at Tokyo tech fair

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A table tennis playing robot served up a hit at a top Tokyo tech fair in Chiba, Japan on Monday, while a barely-moving machine in the shape of a sloth aimed to provide a relaxing change of pace.

The alien-looking table tennis robot, named FORPHEUS, had a tough opponent in Masayuki Koizum, Japan’s first ever Olympic bronze medal winner in a man-versus-machine clash.

Source(s): AFP