UBTECH has released a video showing their Walker S2 humanoid robot competing against a human opponent in a round of tennis. Standing tall on a court with a racket in hand, the robot feeds off serves and returns shots effortlessly, or at least in this edit.

Mark Rober spent years turning backyard experiments into viral social media sensations, from the iconic glitter explosion that foiled package thieves to the mind-bending squirrel mazes that serve as the ultimate obstacle course. His most recent project takes aim at one of the world’s most popular sports. A robotic goalkeeper designed to stand between Cristiano Ronaldo and the net that was inspired from a simple but intriguing question: can engineering prowess defeat athletic genius?

A pair of robots stand seven meters apart on an indoor court, their hands outstretched in the same way that outfielders do. One robot throws a baseball at its partner at 70 mph, which is a pretty good high school fastball, while the other’s receiving arm springs forward in a blur to catch the ball mid-air with a quiet thud against a bespoke glove. Without missing a beat, the glove flicks back, and the robot whips the ball back, creating a flawless arc through the air. All of this was captured on camera in a brief tech demo by RAI Institute researchers last week.