What began as a mere spare-time challenge eventually led to the farthest shot by a humanoid robot, an 80.5-foot sinking shot that set a world record – CUE’s second, after the 2,020 free throws.

Researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) that allows users to ...