SALT LAKE CITY — Parents can relate: you’re at your kid’s soccer, football or volleyball game and instead of cheering, you’re filming.

That frustration sparked an idea for engineer David Tan: an AI-powered sports camera that films the game for you. It tracks your player, the ball or whatever you ask it to. His design is called the XbotGo.

“I started my journey of doing this in my garage,” Tan said. “And boom, I didn’t expect we’d go this far.”

The XbotGo isn’t the only AI-powered sports camera on the market. There are a growing number of tools that are changing the game and helping parents stay present while still catching every play.

Simple, affordable, and smart

Saratoga Springs dad Preston Griffin loves watching his daughters play soccer, but not through his phone screen.

“I’d rat

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