Watch: Toyota’s humanoid robot breaks the Guinness record for longest basketball shot.

Toyota unveiled CUE6 which is its newest humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence and has recently made headlines by bagging the farthest basketball shot ever recorded by a humanoid robot, hence dubbing itself with the second Guinness World Records (GWR) accolade to its name.

This major achievement has been made through nine devoted Toyota volunteers who have worked tooth and nail since 2017 to build and develop this robot. In terms of technology, CUE6 really boasts impressive abilities; it is programmed to recognize patterns around it and to learn from mistakes so that it can improve its shooting technique by adapting its posture, arm position, and strength of shots.

The past years for CUE6 have seen it achieve several critical milestones that entirely overhauled its functions for better performance on the basketball court. It has progressed from being only able to pick up a ball, shoot at varied angles, and then move on wheels, to now being capable of dribbling on wheels. This activity presently combines agility and skill that is found very little in robotics. The major improvements have been to the hands of CUE6 for improved ball control and foot-mounted cameras for enhanced tracking of ball movement. Other significant upgrades have been put in place to ensure that shooting is further improved.

The robot tried and tried and learned through trial and error its way to perfection. Amazing record has broken the previous record of making the longest basketball shot by a man, with a distance of 34.6 meters or 113 feet 6 inches. This is a clear manifestation of the technical skills of researchers from Toyota. It also marks a significant entry for robotics and artificial intelligence in sports. With their work on CUE6, the team has reaffirmed their commitment to developing the limits of the possible through the use of technology. This can only mean further improvements in robotics and sports performance.

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