To some, it's just ping pong. To others, it's table tennis, which experienced players call a "highly aerobic, highly athletic activity."However, as Arielle Mitropoulos and Alanna Flood learned, the ...

Portland will host Major League Table Tennis events this weekend at the Oregon Convention Center. On Friday, the Portland Paddlers will face off against the Los Angeles Spinners at 7:30 p.m. Hampus ...

Ishaan Hingorani, a highly accomplished table tennis player, has consistently demonstrated excellence across various tournaments both in the United States and internationally. His achievements are a ...

The Chinese robotics company LimX Dynamics has taught its humanoid robot Oli to systematically pick up tennis balls on a court. The robot acts completely autonomously, albeit somewhat slowly. Oli ...

Tennis is a sport that can’t be played alone, unless you roll this robot onto the court with you. Acemate’s rechargeable machine catches balls in its net and shoots one back, with full-court coverage ...

There is a joke that table tennis has difficulty levels just like a video game: Easy, normal, hard — and China. For decades, China’s supremacy in the paddle-and-ball game, also known as ping pong, has ...

Looking for some fun entertainment options this week? We’ve got ideas. Head to the Winningstad for an ’80s rock musical, or to the Convention Center for a table tennis tournament. The week’s offerings ...

A video showing a robotics engineer violently yanking a humanoid robot around by a chain wrapped around its neck is making its rounds on social media, prompting fears that he may be accelerating the ...

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker. By Meaghan Tobin and Keith Bradsher Meaghan Tobin ...

A four-legged robot that keeps crawling even after all four of its legs have been hacked off with a chainsaw is the stuff of nightmares for most people. For Deepak Pathak, cofounder and CEO of the ...

Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: You’re wasting your money. Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, ...