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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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