Episode

Meet Ace, the table-tennis robot that can beat elite players

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Nature Podcast
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Apr 22, 2026
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1570
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Summary

In this episode: 00:45 The table-tennis robot that can mix it with the pros Research Article:  Dürr et al. News and Views:  Robot can beat elite players at table tennis Video:  This robot can beat you at table tennis 14:13 Research Highlights Nature:  Venus’s impenetrable haze could be made of cosmic dust Nature:  Graves reveal plague’s inequitable toll 16:21 Why physicists can’t agree on the strength of Big  G Nature:  How big is Big G? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength Research Article:  Schlamminger et al. Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.