Robot umpires take to the field for baseball's spring training | The Excerpt
The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), which uses Hawk-Eye technology was rolled up from the minors into the majors for an ...
ABS challenge system used in spring training could become MLB ready as early as next season
After spring training wraps this week, MLB’s competition committee will begin collecting data from players, coaches, and umpires exposed to the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system used in 13 ...
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Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.
How do Orioles feel about robot umps? They’re already thinking strategy.
MLB is giving players and managers a taste of the automated ball-strike system as the league weighs whether to fully ...
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Robot Umpires Have Come to MLB—and They’re Making Players Look Completely Clueless
Major League Baseball players like to believe that they could call a game better than the umpire standing behind home plate. Now they’re finally getting a chance to prove it.
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MLB will test robo-umpires in spring training games starting this week
Add umpires to the list of jobs at risk of being replaced by robots. Major League Baseball this week will begin testing an automated system that will keep count of balls and strikes. The tests ...
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MLB tests robot umpires ahead of possible integration by 2026
system could be used for the regular season by 2026 The Major League Baseball (MLB) robot umpires won’t be rolled out for every game this spring, but they will be in play for Friday’s matchup ...