Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Ping-pong playing robots' debut in East China

A human-like robot plays table tennis on Oct 9, 2011. Human-like robots developed by Zhejiang University in East China made debut on Sunday. The two robots as shown can capture the track of the ball by a camera installed inside before making reactions. The robots, 160 cm tall and weighing 55 kilograms each, took the university four years to develop. The university also aims to develop robots that can do housework. 

Two human-like robots recently developed by Zhejiang University play table tennis on Oct 9, 2011. 

A visitor plays table tennis with a human-like robot recently developed by Zhejiang University onOct 9, 2011.

A human-like robot returns a shot while playing table tennis in a lab of Zhejiang University inEast China, Oct 9, 2011.