ROBOT UMPIRES TAKING CONTROL
South Korea's Grand Experiment South Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) Automated Ball-Strike Systems Start in August 2020 South Korea's minor league baseball teams will start utilizing robot umpires during regular games starting in August. About 20 games in the Korean Baseball Organization's Future League will have the automated ball-strike systems operating for the entire 2021 season. If it works as expected, South Korea's Major League baseball teams will deploy it too for their 2022 season. Advanced Radar Technology The Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) calls the system the "robot umpire". But, there are actually no robots behind the catcher on the field to make the calls. This is a radar-based ball tracking system that is automated/robotic, pinpoints the location of the pitch and tells the human home plate umpire, via an earpiece, the correct call. The ball's trajectory is shown on a large screen display at the ballpark. Major League