Question 1

Who built the robots that completed the tennis rallies?

Accepted Answer

The machines were built by China's Beijing Galaxy General Robot Co., known as Galbot, and run on the company's G1 humanoid platform.

Question 2

How many rallies did the robots complete, and where?

Accepted Answer

Galbot's robots completed more than 100 consecutive autonomous rallies during the opening ceremony of the Second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

Question 3

What technology let the robots learn to play tennis?

Accepted Answer

Galbot used a framework called LATENT, which breaks tennis into reusable motion primitives and learns from about five hours of imperfect amateur motion data using reinforcement learning and simulation.

Galbot

Galbot robots complete 100-plus autonomous tennis rallies in Beijing

One sharp brief.
Every day.

Galbot

Galbot robots complete 100-plus autonomous tennis rallies in Beijing

One sharp brief.Every day.

One sharp brief.
Every day.