An automated ball-strike system (ABS), informally known as "robot umps," will be tested during this coming spring training, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed again on ...

Major League Baseball’s journey toward implementing robot umpires has taken a significant step forward. Commissioner Rob Manfred revealed plans to test the automated ball-strike system (ABS ...

Both his jugglers do an excellent job of keeping the ball under control; his robotic ball-flinger is designed to throw the ball to the same spot every time.

Researchers at Google DeepMind published a demonstration of miniature humanoid robots playing a one-on-one game of soccer.

The Force Awakens first showed us the little spherical robot BB-8, but it’s fair to say that along the way we’ve not lost our collective fascination for rolling-ball robots. There have been ...

Major League Baseball is preparing the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for its biggest test yet this spring training. MLB has used the so-called robo-umps in the minors, but this will be the ...

This is Guardbot, a surveillance robot that's able to manoeuvre on any terrain, even having the ability to swim. The device comes in a variety of sizes, ranging from as small as 5 inches to a ...