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

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Published: 2026-04-22T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01341-x
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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.

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