Toyota unveils basketball playing robot

[Still Waters]

A 6ft 3in(1.9m) humanoid robot that shoots hoops better than professional basketball players has been unveiled by Toyota.

Named Cue, the android can shoot with nearly 100 per cent accuracy at short distances, according to the Japanese engineers behind the project.

It has learned to score hoops using artificial intelligence having thrown some 200,000 practice shots.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5505099/Toyota-unveils-6ft-AI-robot-shoots-hoops-better-pros.html