A service robot from DLR - German Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics has been given the ability to catch balls completely autonomously using only on-board sensing and tracking.

The robot can catch a ball, that is thrown onto the robot by a benevolent thrower. The ball is observed by a large baseline stereo camera, comparing each image to a slowly adapting reference mage. We ...

As Wimbledon fever grips the nation, school children in Kent have unveiled an innovation which could be a game changer for the sport of tennis. Year 12 students at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar ...