In an era where technology continues to redefine the boundaries of what’s possible, robotics stands at the forefront of innovation. From industrial automation to domestic assistance, and from ...

Major League Baseball will introduce robot umpires in 2026 after its competition committee approved the Automated Ball-Strike ...

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be introduced in ...

California-based Figure AI has already shared its plan to test its humanoid robot in home environments. Its proprietary AI platform, called Helix, is able to process vision, language, and action to ...

Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone.

In Minor League play, a full ABS system was also trialled, eliminating human umpires’ involvement in ball-strike calls.

Romanian researchers create ARGUS, a robot that detects both hackers and physical intruders in cyber-physical environments.

Robot umpires will be used in MLB next year after the league’s competition committee approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System ...

Robot umpires' will debut in Major League Baseball in the 2026 season as the game adopts the automated strike zone challenge system tested in the 2025 pre-season, MLB announced on Tuesday.The system ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee is expected to approve the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the New York Post reports. The 11-person committee ...

The robots are officially coming. Major League Baseball will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) ...

Matias Mattamala is currently funded by an EPSRC C2C Grant at the University of Oxford in collaboration with ETH Zurich. He does not work for, consult, own shares in, or receive funding from any ...