Timo Boll, ranked eighth in the world in Table
Tennis, squared off against KUKA Robotics' 'Agilus' robot and just about
managed to win.
Timo Boll is the brand ambassador for
KUKA Robotics and the match was organised by the company to publicise
its line-up of industrial robots. According to KUKA’s website,
the Agilus robot is capable of handling payloads up to 6 kilograms and
has a reach of almost 3 feet. The robot itself weighs 52 kilograms and
has been designed for operations such as loading, unloading and handling
materials, packing and assembling, among others.
Unfortunately, the actual video of the
match looks heavily edited and spruced up with Hollywood style
slow-motion and tracking shots. This does give the impression that the
video does not represent the actual match but rather, a cinematic
“retelling” of the match. Nevertheless, it is a very cool watch and I’d
suggest you stick around till the end to watch Boll playing against
multiple Agilus robots.
You can watch the video below:
http://goo.gl/su7X9z
0 comments:
Post a Comment