At the end of March, citing a rise in raw material costs, leading badminton brand Victor announced a shuttlecock price hike to take effect after April 1. Another major brand, RSL, has raised ...

According to the Badminton World Federation, the feathers used in shuttlecock production — known as "blade feathers" — come from the fourth to tenth feathers on the wings of geese and ducks.

At the end of March, citing a rise in raw material costs, leading badminton brand Victor announced a shuttlecock price hike to take effect after April 1. Another major brand, RSL, has raised prices ...

Badminton players take part in a club competition in Shanghai. [Photo provided to China Daily] Ducks versus demand. The price of shuttlecocks will continue to increase unless synthetic shuttlecock ...

In their study, published in the journal Science Robotics, the group used a reinforcement learning-based controller to give the robot the ability to track, predict and respond to the movement of a ...

ETH Zurich’s AI robot ANYmal-D plays badminton using RL-based control, combining vision, locomotion, and precise arm movements.