Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Though that was once largely considered out of the bounds of possibility, MLB games officiated by so-called “robot umpires” are now closer to reality than ever before. Starting this week ...

Add umpires to the list of jobs at risk of being replaced by robots. Major League Baseball this week will begin testing an automated system that will keep count of balls and strikes. The tests ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be used to aid MLB home plate umpires, but not replace them.

You try to play with the umpires, you don't play against them." Abbott is hardly alone on this, particularly with automated ball and strikes (ABS) now on MLB's horizon. But the time to get ...

The umpire then announces the updated count." According to MLB, the process averages 17 seconds per challenge. Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo recently reacted to the ABS technology and ...

The automated ball-strike system (ABS) has been used for minor league games, but it's getting rolled out for the first time in the big leagues during spring training.

This goes even for the highly trained eyes of major-league umpires. The human element is for players on the field, not the fair adjudication of the game. The challenge system is far better than ...