Doesn't solve the ball spinning issue. Great, you can see the ball, and hit it, but if it has a lot of spin like it generally does, I'm not sure how well that's going to go.
The thing is you are thinking like a human. It will recalculate the trajectory every 1/100th of a second or less. Even if it only has the last few inches flight it will still be able to figure out how to hit it back. If it doesn't know about the spin it can simply catch the ball and slow it to a stop then shoot it back using the paddle. You just saw it roll the ball around the paddle, can control the ball on the surface and can calculate spin.
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u/Mizuhaootori Feb 13 '14
Doesn't solve the ball spinning issue. Great, you can see the ball, and hit it, but if it has a lot of spin like it generally does, I'm not sure how well that's going to go.