Humanoid robot CUE6 can shoot some hoops. While you were busy watching your favorite NBA stars sink three-pointers, a robot was quietly perfecting its game-winning shot in Nagakute, Japan. That's right, a humanoid robot named CUE6 just stepped onto the court and made jaws drop faster than a Steph Curry buzzer-beater. CUE6, Toyota's basketball-playing robot, claimed a Guinness World Record for the longest shot by a humanoid robot, proving that AI can play basketball with the best of them. GET SECURITY ALERTS, EXPERT TIPS - SIGN UP FOR KURT'S NEWSLETTER - THE CYBERGUY REPORT HERE The story of CUE began in 2017 as a passion project for a small group of Toyota engineers.

Japanese engineers have developed a basketball robot built to take precision three-point shots. It only hit five out of eight on a test trial. It still beat its human competitors though, two basketball players who are likely to compete for the Japanese team in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics The robot's developers say CUE3 still has a long way to go.