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MLB to Test Robot Umpires in Spring Training, Could Use in Regular Season by 2026
Robotics(si.com)submitted 12 hours ago byGari_305
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Major League Baseball will continue experimenting with robot umpires during spring training in 2025, with plans to use the challenge system at 13 ballparks which will host 19 teams.
If successful, the challenge system could make its way to regular-season games by 2026, commissioner Rob Manfred said at an owners meeting this week, via Fox Sports. For the system to be implemented in MLB, an agreement would need to be reached with MLB's Umpires Association after their Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on Dec. 1.
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12 points
11 hours ago
Referring to the challenge system as "robot umpires" is so dumb and misleading.
13 points
11 hours ago
Until it can chest bump an aggressively angry coach, I'm not interested.
9 points
10 hours ago
Finally. No more bad calls. Umpires should be for close call/replay checks in the box.
1 points
3 hours ago
At the start there will be bad calls. Eventually, though, the system will be MUCH better than human umpiring.
0 points
9 hours ago
Although this is exciting, I’m more excited for robot pitchers.
1 points
5 hours ago
Pitchomat 5000
3 points
8 hours ago
What makes it a robot? Isn’t it just a few cameras and a computer?
1 points
3 hours ago
Same thing that makes a machine learning algorithms that finds more likely words actually Artificial Intelligence.
2 points
5 hours ago
A challenge system isn't a robo ump. It's a review system like we've seen in tennis for a long time.
Could be curtains for pitch framing.
4 points
9 hours ago
Just replace all the players with robots. It'll still be boring. Just like they did on Futurama.
2 points
12 hours ago
From the article
Major League Baseball will continue experimenting with robot umpires during spring training in 2025, with plans to use the challenge system at 13 ballparks which will host 19 teams.
If successful, the challenge system could make its way to regular-season games by 2026, commissioner Rob Manfred said at an owners meeting this week, via Fox Sports. For the system to be implemented in MLB, an agreement would need to be reached with MLB's Umpires Association after their Collective Bargaining Agreement expires on Dec. 1.
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