The robots are officially coming. Major League Baseball will be using the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System (ABS) beginning in the 2026 season. Fans have been clamoring for this for years so ...

NEW YORK — Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be ...

MLB will introduce robot umpires in 2026 with the Automated Ball-Strike System. Human umpires make calls, but teams can challenge them to the computer. The technology has been tested in the minors, ...

October 28 - Major League Baseball will begin testing a strike zone challenge system next year at spring training, commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed Monday. Manfred previously said the automated ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Baseball’s technological revolution continues as Major League Baseball officially announced that robot umpires – or more precisely, the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system – ...

How does the Automated Ball-Strike System work? Stadiums are outfitted with cameras that track each pitch and judge whether it crossed home plate within the strike zone. In early testing, umpires wore ...

Robotic umpires are coming to Major League Baseball in 2026, the league announced Tuesday. They will arrive only partially, at least for now, in the form of a challenge system by which batters, ...