They’re taking over sports, too? New AI robot can shoot better than professional basketball players

( Natural News ) Toyota employees loved a basketball manga character so much, they built a basketball-shooting robot from scratch. While it can’t move, it hits nothing but net from the free throw line, reported a NewsWeek article . Japanese newspaper Asahi Shumbun identified the humanoid robot as CUE. Its artificial intelligence allowed it to pick up and polish certain basic basketball skills better than Tim Duncan ever did. CUE made its “debut” in the B League 1, wearing the jersey and shorts of local basketball team Arvalq Tokyo. Photos and videos show that it can hold the ball, squat, and fire off a shot much like a human player does. The robot proceeded to embarrass Japanese pro basketball players by making all of his free throw shots count while its two competitors could only manage eight out of their 10 combined shots. To give non-afficionados of the sport an idea of how accurate this thing is, Georgia native Isaac Butts leads the Japanese league with a 65.7 shooting percentage. His NBA equivalent, Clint Capela of the Houston Rockets, nails around 65.5 percent of his shots. Without defenders or distractions hampering their shots, CUE’s human opponents managed 80 percent. The robot scored 100 percent. “I cannot help it,” one of the players remarked about CUE’s hideously accurate shooting. (Related: Security robot that can spot suspicious individuals now being used at Dubai airport .) The ultimate basketball shooting machine CUE is the latest in a growing number of AI-driven robots intruding into sports . Other robots rolled out in recent years were able to ski, kick soccer balls, or even box. Support our mission and enhance your own self-reliance : The laboratory-verified Organic Emergency Survival Bucket provides certified organic, high-nutrition storable food for emergency preparedness. Completely free of corn syrup, […]

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