PR2 Robot Plays Pool

For years now computers have been competing against chess grandmasters. Now similar challenges are emerging in physical sports. It isn’t hard to predict that robots will eventually win…

Pool is an obvious choice for robots to tackle. They can take their time. Correct angles are easy for them to compute. Sure, choice of shot is a factor – but with time they will be able to sink just about any available shot.

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