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TOPIO ("TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot") is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to play table tennis against a human being

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TOPIO

TOPIO ("TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot") is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to play table tennis against a human being

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TOPIO

TOPIO ("TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot")


is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to
play table tennis against a human being. It
has been developed since 2005 by TOSY, a
robotics firm in Vietnam. It was publicly
demonstrated at the Tokyo International
Robot Exhibition (IREX) on November 28,
2007.[1] TOPIO 3.0 (the latest version of
TOPIO) stands approximately 1.88 m (6'
2") tall and weighs 120 kg (264 lb).[2]

TOPIO 3.0 at IREX 2009


Development history

TOPIO 2.0 at Nuremberg International Toy Fair 2009


Time Place Event Notes

November, Project TOPIO was


TOSY Robotics
2005 started

First experiment version 8 degrees of freedom, 1 leg,


July, 2007 TOSY Robotics
of TOPIO demonstrated hydraulic system

28 Tokyo International
TOPIO 1.0 publicly 20 degrees of freedom, 6 legs,
November Robot Exhibition,
demonstrated hydraulic system
2007 Japan

Nuremberg
5 February TOPIO 2.0 publicly 42 degrees of freedom, 2 legs,
International Toy Fair,
2009 demonstrated DC servo motors
Germany

25 Tokyo International
TOPIO 3.0 publicly 39 degrees of freedom, 2 legs,
November Robot Exhibition,
demonstrated Brushless DC servo motors
2009 Japan

4–9 Nuremberg
TOPIO 3.0 publicly 39 degrees of freedom, 2 legs,
February International Toy Fair,
demonstrated Brushless DC servo motors
2010 Germany

8–11 June AUTOMATICA URBUTT, TOPIO 3.0 publicly 39 degrees of freedom, 2 legs,
2010 Germany demonstrated Brushless DC servo motors

Specifications
TOPIO 1.0 demonstrated at Tokyo International Robot
Exhibition 2007
TOPIO 1.0 TOPIO 2.0 TOPIO 3.0

Height 185 cm 215 cm 188 cm

Mass 300 kg 60 kg 120 kg

Li-Po battery, 48V


Power supply Hydraulic Li-Po battery, 48V 20Ah
20Ah

Brushless DC Servo
Actuator Hydraulic cylinder DC Servo Motor
Motor

Legs 6 2 2

High speed camera 2 2 4

Continuous shots 6 5 10

20 42 39
Two in the head Three in the head Two in the head
Degrees of Six in each arm Seven in each arm Seven in each arm
freedom One in each leg (6 legs) Six in each leg (2 legs) Six in each leg (2 legs)
Three in the torso One in the torso
Five in each hand Five in each hand

Technologies
Recognition of fast moving objects
Artificial Intelligence
Low Inertia mechanical system
Fast and accurate movement control
Balanced bipedal walking

See also
Humanoid robot
Actroid
Android
ASIMO
Gynoid
REEM
QRIO
HUBO
HRP-4C

References
1. "TOSY TOPIO - Table Tennis Playing
Robot" . DigInfo News. 5 December
2007. Archived from the original on
21 May 2009. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
2. "TOPIO 3.0 at Tokyo International
Robot Exhibition 2009" . Reuters.
Retrieved 2009-11-27.
External links

Wikimedia Commons has media


related to TOPIO.

Official website
TOPIO video - YouTube
"I, the Ping Pong Robot" - Softpedia
"Ping Pong Playing Robots" -
www.robots.net
"TOPIO - The Ping Pong Playing Robot"
- www.robotliving.com
"Play ping-pong or feed the baby at
Tokyo robot fair" - Reuters

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