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THIS ROBOT CAN BEAT YOU AT BADMINTON
A group of students and professors from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China developed a robot that can play the sport badminton just like any amateur player . This robot uses cameras , motion sensors and a special navigation system .
It was named the Robomintoner , and was created for competition . The UESTC team was given a task to create a badmintonplaying bot for the Asia-Pacific Robocon 2015 , wherein the robots would compete against each other in doubles matches .
According to Huang Xi , a student from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China , " We were the only team who made this robot fully-automated . We are in the business of making clever devices . We might as well make it fully intelligent ,"
This robot has become very popular in China . It played ceremonial matches against Dong Jiong , an Olympic medal winning badminton player . Recently , it competed against table tennis champion Wang Liqin .
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JULY 2016 Future Cities & Robotics