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.
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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