Soccer is getting a high-tech upgrade in Beijing this weekend, and the players aren’t just fast — they’re fully robotic. The RoBoLeague World Robot Soccer League will host its final match in the ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” Detroit's AL Cy Young Award ...

PHOENIX — With one tap of a cap, Cody Poteet made history and invited a new potential era in Major League Baseball umpiring. It took just one inning for the Chicago Cubs right-hander to be the first ...

With its All-Star Game taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in 25 years, the NBA was keen to show off its techie side. Why it matters: The NBA has a broad global fan base, but ...

How does the Automated Ball-Strike System work? Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone. In early testing, umpires wore ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs played the first spring training game of 2025 on Thursday and debuted some new technology in the process. Thursday's Cactus League opener, a 12-4 Cubs win, saw ...

MLB will introduce robot umpires in 2026 with the Automated Ball-Strike System. Human umpires make calls, but teams can challenge them to the computer. The technology has been tested in the minors, ...

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball plans to use its robot umpire technology for ball-strike challenges in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Atlanta, another step toward possible regular-season use next season.

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A lively argument broke out in the Atlantic League recently, all about “robot umpiring” and the computerized calling of balls and strikes. It was just like old times, one of the managers letting off ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” Detroit’s AL Cy Young Award ...