Behold Your 2016 Cyborg MLB Starting Lineup

Last year theGerman Aerospace Centerdeveloped Rollin ’ Justin , an articulated robot that was specially good at catching balls . But so he does n’t have to take on catch alone , theDLRjust finished building his clunky pitch mate , Agile Justin .

The two were recently teamed up for a agile biz of catch — literally one cam stroke — which as far as I ’m concerned is a brief looking at at the future of major league sports . Human athlete might be more entertaining , but even a team composed of cutting - bound automaton is bound to be cheaper than today ’s whizz , which is what the team owners really like about .

And check out that slo - mo instant action replay . Rollin ’ Justin ’s claw was intelligibly signalling for a change - up , but Agile Justin knew the only way to ingrain the major league pathfinder was with a gangly - armed lob toss clocking in at 10 miles per hour . Someone get that bot an factor . [ Institute of Robotics and MechatronicsviaHizook ]