Ace, Sony's AI robot capable of beating professional ping pong players

Ace, Sony’s AI robot capable of beating professional ping pong players

One of the areas where artificial intelligence performs worst is the real world. Until now, AI systems have offered performance capable of surpassing humans in the digital environment, such as in chess or certain video games, but the physical world is a complex challenge where perception, planning, and millisecond speed must be combined. That’s why there are so few robots that compete well in human physical sports. Until now. Nature magazine publishes research on Sony’s Ace project, a robotic arm capable of playing table tennis with elite amateur and professional players and, on occasion, beating them.

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Director of Puig de les Basses prison resigns amid inmate suicide crisis

Director of Puig de les Basses prison resigns amid inmate suicide crisis

Jordi Oliveras, director of the Puig de les Basses prison (Figueres, Girona), has resigned from his position and the Department of Justice has announced that in the coming days it will appoint the person who will take over his role. Sources from the Ministry have said that the head of this penitentiary center offered his resignation to the Secretary of Penal Measures and Reintegration a few days ago, and now his resignation has been made effective.

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