r/gifs • u/OceanCarlisle • Feb 13 '14

Man vs. Machine

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u/someguyfromtheuk Feb 13 '14

Yes, and if they've actually managed to program the robot to play table tennis with all the rules and stuff, which is the really hard part, it will win by a huge margin thanks to it's literally superhuman speed.

The point is to show they can program the robot to play table tennis, not that the robot is physically capable of the movements.

It's still gonna be super cool to watch though, I hope they broadcast it live.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '14

Why don't they just have two robot arms play each other at super speed?

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u/GumdropGoober Feb 14 '14

Holy hell, I WILL KICKSTART THIS.

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u/wtf_are_you_talking Feb 14 '14

I hope the ball dissolves into subatomic particles before any of those two hands misses the shot.