On the final day of the Consumer Electronics Show last week, I was walking through the crowded Las Vegas Convention Center when I saw the usual gaggle of techies blocking an aisle. Cameras drawn, they were watching a robot that looked more like a giant metallic crab. A moment later, a man walked up to it, and I realized there was a ping pong table between man and machine.
They were about to play a match.
The robot, Forpheus, started hitting the tiny ball back and forth with the stranger, tilting its mechanical arm slightly from side to side in what appeared to be more of a casual exchange of volleys than a competitive match.
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