One big change for the St. Louis Cardinals' spring training experience this year is the arrival of an automated ball-strike system (ABS), unofficially known by some as robot umpires.

Robocorp was founded by Antti Karjalainen, Sampo Ahokas, and a small team of top developers who were active in the open-source test automation community called Robot Framework.

The Detroit Tigers are one of 13 teams using the automated ball-strike challenge system in spring training. It's about time we use robot umpires.

Rob Manfred wants automated ball-strike system in majors by 2026 as MLB will test 'robot umps' this spring The current CBA between MLB and the umpires' union expires on Dec. 1 ...

MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019 and will use it in an All-Star Game for the first time Tuesday.