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Fla Dem

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4. Why! Who needs a robotic table tennis player?

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 08:27 PM

May 1

I'm sure at first it's a challenge and even perhaps used as training/practice equipment, but what player could ever afford the damn machine. An ego builder for the scientist who created and built it. Just like Dr Frankenstein.

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