Basketball Robot
Nails Half-Court Shot …
Humans Shook
4/11/2019 10:53 AM PDT
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Move over Steph Curry — robots have officially taken over basketball — ’cause there’s literally a 3-point shootin’ machine coming for your job … and it’s cool and terrifying as hell at the same time.
Toyota has been working on this “CUE3” robot hooper for “fun” … but really, all it’s doing is making us question what’s gonna happen when these things take over the sports world.
「狙ったシュートは100%外さない」
A東京のGAMEでお披露目されたAIバスケットボールロボット”CUE3″🤖🏀超ロングシュートもCUE3にかかれば楽勝です🤷♂️@ALVARK_TOKYO #Bリーグ pic.twitter.com/eW9tpQ54EF
— B.LEAGUE（Bリーグ） (@B_LEAGUE) April 11, 2019
The robo baller — why even has its own jersey — made an appearance at the Japanese B.League’s Alvark Tokyo game on Thursday … taking a spot near half court, pulling up and draining a deep 3-pointer with ease.
The CUE3 is reportedly only used for fun and promo … but this is seriously equally cool/scary/weird.