ABILENE, Texas — Robot umpires are officially heading to Major League Baseball. Last week, an 11-member competition committee ...

Seattle Mariners star Cal Raleigh shares why he is not a fan of robot umpires as MLB prepares for the Automated Ball-Strike System.

The Three Laws of Robotics, as established by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, are as follows: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A ...

Baseball embraces robo umps with a new challenge system, balancing technology with tradition to improve accuracy and cut disputes.

Baseball’s robot umpires may look like a narrow sports experiment. In fact, they are a parable for the economy at large: Technology pares back one craft, redistributes value, and leaves the real ...

Major League Baseball announced on Sept. 23 that the ABS challenge system was approved for MLB play by a vote of the joint competition committee.

Human umpires will still make calls, but a team's pitcher, batter, or catcher has two chances to challenge the call, which is when the human umpire will defer to the robot umpire. Some say this will ...

MLB announced this week that the Automated Ball/Strike System would be coming to the majors next season. Not everyone is ...

Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday ...

The announcement comes after years of testing in the minor leagues. ABS made its full-season debut in 2021 in the Class A Florida State League, and by ’23 it was used in all Triple A games. MLB also ...

Baseball's most controversial plays — disputed ball and strike calls — will now be subject to technological review as MLB implements a challenge system that promises to eliminate egregiously missed ...