Robot Info

Table tennis robots are machines that throw the ball to you so you can hit it back. A robot is usually not as much fun as hitting with a person, nor is it as good as a good practice partner. However, it is always willing to play!

Newgy

Newgy robots are the easiest to use. The Newgy Robo-Pong 2040 Robot is the top of the Newgy line. It is easy to set up, affordable, portable, and it recycles the balls. Its biggest negative is it cannot play two different spins one right after the other. You are limited to hitting against the same type of spin (topspin, underspin, or sidespin), although the head can oscillate to direct the balls to different positions on the table. The 2040 can use both 38 mm and 40 mm balls with the flick of a switch (only use one size ball at a time).

Newgy’s two other robots, the Newgy Robo-Pong 540 Robot and Newgy Robo-Pong 1040 Robot, sit on the table surface and do not recycle the balls like the 2040 does. The 1040 has a bigger bucket so you do not have to refill the bucket as often. The Newgy Ball Catch Net II helps catch the balls.

The Newgy Robo-Pong 540 Upgrade Kit converts a Robo-Pong 540 into a Robo-Pong 1040, and the Newgy Recycling Net Upgrade Kit converts a Robo-Pong 1040 into a Robo-Pong 2040.

TTmatic

TTmatic has a slew of robots. Their top of the line, the TTmatic 505A Robot and TTmatic 505B Robot, have two heads, which allows them to produce any combination of balls in succession.

Butterfly

The Butterfly Amicus 3000 Plus Robot is a computerized and programmable robot. It can switch from topspin to underspin in successive balls, as well as vary the spin. It also has two wheels in the head which lets it produce some types of balls that other robots cannot produce. It isn’t as portable as the Newgy robots.

Ball Retrievers

A ball retriever lets you pick up stray balls without bending down. There are two types: one type is a long plastic tube and the other looks like a fishing net. The latter, despite looking like it would be more at home on a fishing boat, actually works quite well.

38 mm Balls

If you need 38 mm balls for an old robot that you haven’t converted to 40 mm, we can get them for you if you contact us.

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