# How far are we from baseball playing robots?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 17, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-we-from-baseball-playing-robots/760088 "2016-07-17T00:30:18Z")\
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Unless there were some rules regulating them I think the problem would be to keep pitchers from dominating the game. A pitching machine that reliably shoots 200mph fast balls to to the corner of the strike zone that is furthest away from the bat is going to be impossible for even a robot batter to keep up with.

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