From www.youtube.com - March 17, 2018 3:50 PM

A group of Toyota engineers was inspired by the Japanese manga about basketball and in its free time built a robot that can throw the ideal three-pointer into the basket. After the robot was tested and finalized, the Japanese arranged a test for their pupils - a match with professional basketball players. And he won all.

It is claimed that the robot basketball player was trained with AI, but on video, his behavior looks much simpler: he rolls on wheels and repeats the same movements again and again.
However, this uncomplicated and uncreative behavior was enough to defeat several players from the professional league. The robot is simply more consistent and regular in its actions. To win, it is enough just to make fewer mistakes than a person.

"CUE" of humanoid robot who learns shoot form with artificial intelligence (AI). On the 20th in the practice range of Arvalq Tokyo in Fuchu, Tokyo, shoot showdown by cue and A Tokyo players was held. While the queue decided ten consecutive lines, the pair of Zac Balance key player and Ando Ozuya picked up failed in the sixth line. Ando played "I thought he would take off about 1, but ... I feel frustrated.

 

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