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Incredible work by Sony published in @Nature today! 🏓 They’ve built “Ace”, an autonomous ping-pong robot that uses RL and Sony’s vision sensors to achieve expert-level play in ping pong. A huge leap forward for adaptive robotics. https://t.co/hJqnZzXV17 https://t.co/xQ5NThU6xJ
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