A few months ago, several news outlets and blogs reported about the basketball-shooting robot being developed and with the new version to be revealed during the Olympics.
Toyota Motors unveiled this latest of its AI-powered, basketball-playing robot as CUE 5 drained free throws and threes during the halftime of the USA-France game last 25 July at Saitama Super Arena. However, its most impressive swish of 'em all? One from halfcourt.
Smooth like butter, as they say.
CUE 5 is already the fifth-generation of this robot, putting on a halftime show wearing a Tokyo 2020 uniform with jersey number 95.
Like its past iterations, its number is a play on the robot's name, with the number 9 pronounced as "kyuu" in Nihongo.
According to Business Insider, "The machine uses an array of sensors on its body to map its shots out depending on its distance from the basket. It then adjusts its hands accordingly to try lining up the so-called 'perfect shot.'"
And as expected, it has garnered its fair share of new fans — so much so that it merited its own scouting report.
It truly is a captivating sight to watch... well, until it takes over the world.
For now though: Steph Curry who?
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