What happened
Lumistar demonstrated TERO Pro, its AI-powered tennis training robot, at the 96th Street clay courts in Manhattan, where more than 60 media, influencers and members of the public tried it.
Why it matters
Unlike conventional ball machines that deliver balls on predetermined settings, TERO Pro uses computer vision and AI to read a player's shots and decide how to return the ball.
WHO IT HITSCoaches and clubs that buy or rent ball machines may face a new option that adjusts to a player's level rather than firing preset feeds, though Lumistar has not announced pricing or availability.
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Lumistar's New York event paired the TERO Pro demonstration with a screening of the US Open Women's Singles Semifinals at Riverside Park Conservancy, in partnership with the Riverside Tennis Association. That framing suggests the company is aiming the product at tennis audiences around major tournament moments rather than at a purely technical crowd.
The TERO Pro sits at the opposite end of the market from the fixed-feed machines many clubs already own. Lumistar says it reads the speed, trajectory and expected landing position of an incoming shot and plans its response within 0.1 seconds, which is the kind of real-time loop that turns a ball machine from a repetition tool into something closer to a hitting partner. Whether that translates into adoption at clubs and academies is likely to depend on pricing and availability, which the article does not state.
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