EARL (Enhanced Automated Robotic Launcher) is a robot bowler who is able to roll a strike every time.
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EARL is more accurate and more consistent than any human bowler. In a one game match at the International Training and Research Center on the International Bowling Campus, the bowling robot will go head-to-head against Professional Bowlers Association superstar and USBC spokesperson Chris Barnes.
I'll bet there's an example of a robot athlete somewhere, but I still think about the robotic football players in the 1960 series The Jetsons.
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