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This basketball robot uses AI to rebound the ball after you shoot
Like anything in life, the secret to becoming a skilled basketball player like Steph Curry or Sabrina Ionescu is practice, practice, and more practice. You practice when it’s too hot, too cold, you’re tired, or you’re sick. However, finding a willing one-on-one partner through all of that can be another question entirely. But now, thanks to Davy Robot’s latest innovation, you may be able to buy your own personal rebounding robot for a cool $1,000 later this year.
The robot, dubbed Datic 1, gained significant attention at CES 2025, as attendees lined up to shoot some hoops on the busy show floor. The bot sits under a hoop, rebounding the ball after you take a shot. It’s (relatively) portable at around 33 pounds and can be wheeled under any standard-sized basketball hoop.
The system relies on machine vision and AI to track the shooter, swiveling its head to return the back. Davy Robot is aiming for a Kickstarter launch in June this year.
Source: techcrunch.com
