Practice makes perfect, and many types of sports offer ways for individuals to hone skills alone on their own time. But what if your game happens to be ping-pong? A team has developed a smart robot ...

One of the most important weapons in the ping-pong player’s arsenal is the smash hit. The equivalent of a spike in volleyball, a smash hit is a devastating attack used to blast opponents who have ...

LAS VEGAS—If you want to catch the attention of a bunch of gadget lovers, set up a ping-pong playing robot at a consumer-technology conference and give them all a shot at it.

We’re getting pretty darn excited over here at GeekWire for our big annual anniversary bash, complete with one of the most spectacular (and geeky) ping pong tournaments on planet Earth. But we’re not ...

A student in Germany has developed an interactive ping pong table that makes use of augmented reality technology to track the movement of the ball during a match in order to help players improve their ...

Ping pong is a two (or four) player game, but if you need to practice alone then a robot server can help. Though basic cheap models are available, more advanced features can come with a pretty high ...

* Illustration: Pietari Posti * Track, gymnastics, and swimming get all the attention, but the Olympics are about more than just games that are considered "popular" or that "everyone agrees are actual ...

I once played ping pong against the CEO of a robotics company in the Bay Area. He wasn't very good, so the game progressed awkwardly. I would ask a question and serve, he would send the ball flying ...