San Francisco Giants players expressed mixed opinions on the automatic balls and strikes system that MLB has approved for use ...

Automation offers a way to address two interconnected challenges for Western manufacturers—lackluster productivity growth and ...

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass ...

ABS is set to be implemented for spring training, the regular season and the playoffs. Teams will have two challenges, initiated by a pitcher, catcher or batter, in a process that takes about 15 ...

The Automated Ball/Strike System is stepping up to the plate in the major leagues in 2026. Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man ...

A roster packed with rookies has gotten a minor-league taste of the Automated Ball/Strike system that will be implemented in the majors next year. Is it good for the game? Depends on whom you ask.

The computers aren’t taking over just yet,” says starter Miles Mikolas. He and outfielder Lars Nootbaar detail how ABS ...

Boone became the second manager in MLB history to reach the postseason in seven of his first eight seasons as manager, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, joining Dave Roberts (first 10 seasons with ...

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted 9-2 to approve the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) system on Tuesday, Sept. 23, two persons on the competition committee told USA TODAY Sports, after commissioner ...

What if doing your chores were as easy as flipping a switch? In this talk and live demo, roboticist and founder of 1X Bernt Børnich introduces NEO, a humanoid robot designed to help you out around the ...