Robot umpires to make All-Star Game debut, another step toward possible regular-season use in 2026 Associated Press Ronald Blum Published Jul 14, 2025 • 2 minute read ...

An autonomous line-marking robot is painting soccer fields at Auditorium Shores in preparation for this weekend's MLS All-Star Soccer Celebration.

Major League Baseball plans to use its robot umpire technology for ball-strike challenges in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Atlanta, another step toward possible regular-season use next season.

MLB will be using ABS technology during the All-Star Game, and Rob Manfred hinted it could be used in the league regularly as early as next year.

China kicked off the three-day long World Humanoid Robot Games on Friday, looking to showcase its advances in artificial intelligence and robotics with 280 teams from 16 countries.