China: Chinese-developed AI tennis robots ace the game.

Storyline Chinese-developed AI tennis robots ace the game From Shanghai to Shenzhen to global markets, Chinese-developed AI tennis robots are accelerating both domestic and overseas expansions. At a tennis venue in Shanghai, an AI tennis robot delivers consistent serves around-the-clock, free from time and manpower constraints. The system has visual recognition modules which lets the robot to capture users' swing movements in real time and provide voice prompts to the correct the users' postures. Xu Yong, tennis enthusiast: "The ball delivery quality of this robot is comparable to that of a player rated 4.0 or higher. Regarding the experience of rallying, it usually takes 30 to 50 private coaching sessions for total beginners to achieve steady five-shot baseline rallies. This intelligent robot can help users save nearly half of their private training expenses." Meanwhile, shared AI tennis robots have been launched at numerous tennis venues across Shenzhen. Citizens can rent the devices by scanning a QR code with their smartphones, for about 9 to 17 U.S. dollars per hour. Wang Lu, commercial director, Acemate: "Recently, we have completed cooperation and product deployment at nearly 70 percent of tennis clubs in Shenzhen that have three or more standard courts. Nationwide, our deployment coverage has reached almost 40 percent of multi-court tennis venues in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou." Data released by China's General Administration of Sport shows that the total number of tennis participants in the country has exceeded 25 million. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]