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Most tennis ball machines are glorified pitching devices: they send balls over the net, but they don’t feel anything like playing against a real opponent. That’s why the Acemate Tennis Robot, which ...

Pongbot is selling the Pace S Pro tennis training system through its website. It’s offering the device at a discounted price of $1,349.99.

It was just this past week that we told you about the T-Apex, a mobile tennis-ball-serving robot that tracks and assesses players' returns. Well, the Acemate bot goes a step further, by actually ...

A new sports tech startup, Volley, aims to revolutionize the way racquet sports players (platform tennis, tennis, padel and pickleball) train with its AI-enabled sports training machine. Unlike ...

AI-powered tennis training robot earns CES 2026 Kickstarter Award and expands live demos for pros, colleges, and ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a robot that can play table tennis with the skill and flair of a human player. The robot smashes returns at ...

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 ...

Have you ever wished you had a personal assistant who could follow you around, take care of your chores, entertain you, and keep you updated on the latest news and events? Well, you might be in luck, ...

A robot that can track your position on the court, serve you a range of shots, and simulate actual tennis matches has raised over $1.7 million on Kickstarter. With weeks still left in the campaign, ...

Your search for a practice partner will never end in vain, should Georgia Tech professor of robotics Matthew Gombolay have his way. For the last two years, Gombolay has put his expertise to work on a ...