PONGBOT Table Tennis Robot, Portable Ping Pong Machine, APP Control, 264 Built-in Routines, 150-Ball Capacity, Customize Spin/Speed for Solo Training & Coaching, One-Year Warranty

No other mass-produced robot under $1000 allows creating custom drills and from a well-designed app, no less.The drills can be an array of up to 5 shots that can be positioned around the table. It's easy to set up a Falkenberg drills, for example. There are a couple of things to note that aren't clear from the description. The height/trajectory of the head can be set via the app, but it cannot change within a drill. So, one drill has one common trajectory for each shot. That means you can't really set up a serve, a push and a loop in one drill. I have been able to set up underspin pushes and topspin loops in a single drill, no problem. But short serves require that the trajectory of the head be pointing downwards. That being said, because this is a tabletop robot that can be placed anywhere, it can replicate serves better than other (often much more expensive) robots that are permanently mounted at one height at the center of the table. Also, one drill can have two spins only, meaning topspin and backspin. Sidespin is possible by manually rotating the head, but this is not automated so you'll have that side/topspin or side/underspin until you manually rotate it again.The shot quality is great, no complaints. The build quality is impressive and the robot has yet to jam after 10+ hours of use.If the manufacturer is reading this, I would like to make a suggestion. The more expensive PongBot models have automated trajectory and head rotation for sidespin so you can get all possible spins and trajectories in one drill. However, they are mounted in the center of the table to allow for ball recycling. The Nova is far more versatile because it can be placed anywhere on the table, making for more realistic serves, counterlooping, etc. Many robot users don't really care about ball recycling. A human multi-ball feeder doesn't have constant ball recycling so why would I need that in a robot? 150 balls is plenty of workout before needing a break and I could easily rig up an extension to the Nova's basket to allow for another 100 balls if I need that. I'd like to see a "Nova Pro" model that is a tabletop unit that has the automated rotation/trajectory of the more expensive PongBots. I'd pay good money for that.

The media could not be loaded. This bot is definitely the best bot in sub-400 dollar mark. It is really well built. The greatest thing about it is the consistency of each shot. Any other sub-100 or 200 USD bot has way worst consistency in term of precision of each shot. The software has a wide range of setting, angle, spin, frequency and speed. It also allows you to set multiple combo and execute them either in sequence or randomly. It is about 150 USD more expensive than the other similar design bot, like the S101, HP07, but those are way worst in terms of configuration of each shot, making than much more difficult to use. I live in a small apartment and only have a mini table tennis table, but I can use this bot with the small table without any issue. See my video with random configuration of 3 combos at different angles.

The bit works as intended. One comment is that the frequency is in percentage instead of seconds. So not really intuitive.Shipping is not one day as advertised. Hence removing one star.

If your are lucky enough to make it work you will be happy after you turn it on again.After I turn it off it’s a nightmare to connect it back to the WiFi . It try dozen of time and I failed, zero reliability. Terrible quality. Don’t waste your money on this product buy another one

This is a great deal. The app alone places this robot head and shoulders above other robots in its price range, and maybe a bit higher than that. If you're looking for a practice robot under $500, this is it. Good shot quality, programmability, and versatility.That said, the experience could be improved upon. The UI isn't quite as snappy sometimes, with me requiring several attempts to press the stop button if I need to halt an exercise. A warning noise or countdown before an exercise starts would be nice. The remote is almost vestigial in nature, and feels sluggish to use; you're better off using the app.With that said, I'm willing to forgive, because there really is a lot of value to be found here.

My current USATT rating is about 1600 and I am aspiring to reach 2000 in the coming year or so. This robot is God sent. It is absolutely brilliant and gives you a lot of flexibility in creating custom drills. Solid built, most days I spend about two hours on this robot hitting over 5000 balls. I have used this robot for almost 6 months now and I strongly recommend this for players at all levels.

Great Robot, for multiple reasons with some feedbackGoods:- Lot of ways to play - Speed / Spin / Angled.- Light weight- If you move the head it adds the spin inside and away from your body.- Includes the settings for left and right handed players both.- it can throw fast shots at you as well.- it can play shot range balls as well- Comes with a remote but not that useful.Now the NOT-SO-GOOD- The Bluetooth takes a while to connect even though you are near it- You cannot access the Sequence unless you are connected to the robot, so if you want to customize the sequence beforehand you can't do it. (not a big deal but still!)- I don't use the remote as much because the screen is too small.- Becuase the robot is so portable, they advertised it comes with a bag, but the bag was never sent to me.- The lights on the head of the robot are bright, so if you are looking at it for 3+ mins, chances are your eyes may get watery or tired. Happens to me every time i play.- Considering its so expensive, I would expect it would some with some 3 Star balls but it didn't.- Doesn't come with anything to clean. Considering it stays in the basement most of the time. (not a big deal)