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| The age old battle of man v robot has reared its head once again as table tennis champion Timo Boll prepares to face the world's fastest robot in a duel to the end. German No 1 Boll will face off against a Kuka KR Aglius on March 11 to celebrate the opening of an inaugural Kuka plant in Shanghai. With the belief that it's only a matter of time before the robots rise and replace all humans the German manufacture Kuka is pitting its most agile specimen to the test. |
With the engineers of KUKA ( keller und knappich augsburg) and the professional support of table tennis professionals, agilus – the world’s fastest robot – was programmed in order to withstand a match against table tennis champion timo boll, who sits ranked at number 5 in the world. the angles, strategies and probabilities of the match moves were all well elaborated in cooperation with the director, the opponent timo boll and with KUKA. filmed by matthias zentner and produced by velvet mediendesign, the commercial for robot manufacturer KUKA was conceived at the set of an abandoned sport hall in sofia, bulgaria.
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| Former world No 1 Boll has enjoyed a successful career that has spanned almost two decades and won a Bronze medal with the German team at the 2012 London Olympics. However, the 32-year-old lost in the last 16 to Adrian Crisan in the individual event. |
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