Basketball playing robots are nothing new. We have covered a couple that can make shots with a decent level of accurately. The Toyota CUE6 robot has just set a a new Guinness World Record for the farthest basketball shot by a humanoid robot, managing to make a 80.5ft shot.
The AI-powered Toyota CUE6 has set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest basketball shot by a humanoid robot at 24.55 m (80.5 ft). For perspective, a basketball court is about 94 ft long.
The Toyota CUE team’s next challenge is teaching the robot to run and dunk! pic.twitter.com/F93wEHwU1z
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CUE6 figured out its own effective throwing style using AI. As you can see in the below video, first attempt was not successful but CUE6 finally pulled it off.
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