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. TOPIO 3.0 (the latest version of TOPIO) stands approximately tall and weighs .

Development history

Time Place Event Notes November, 2005 TOSY Robotics Project TOPIO was started July, 2007 TOSY Robotics First experiment version of TOPIO demonstrated 8 degrees of freedom, 1 leg, hydraulic system 28 November 2007 Tokyo International Robot Exhibition, Japan TOPIO 1.0 publicly demonstrated 20 degrees of freedom, 6 legs, hydraulic system 5 February 2009 Nuremberg International Toy Fair, Germany TOPIO 2.0 publicly demonstrated 42 degrees of freedom, 2 legs, DC servo motors 25 November 2009 Tokyo International Robot Exhibition, Japan TOPIO 3.0 publicly demonstrated 39 degrees of freedom, 2 legs, Brushless DC servo motors 4–9 February 2010 Nuremberg International Toy Fair, Germany TOPIO 3.0 publicly demonstrated 39 degrees of freedom, 2 legs, Brushless DC servo motors 8–11 June 2010 AUTOMATICA URBUTT, Germany TOPIO 3.0 publicly demonstrated 39 degrees of freedom, 2 legs, Brushless DC servo motors

Specifications

TOPIO 1.0 TOPIO 2.0 TOPIO 3.0 Height 185 cm 215 cm 188 cm Mass 300 kg 60 kg 120 kg Power supply Hydraulic Li-Po battery, 48V 20Ah Li-Po battery, 48V 20Ah Actuator Hydraulic cylinder DC Servo Motor Brushless DC Servo Motor Legs 6 2 2 High speed camera 2 2 2 Continuous shots 6 5 10 Degrees of freedom 20 Two in the head Six in each arm One in each leg (6 legs) 42 Three in the head Seven in each arm Six in each leg (2 legs) Three in the torso Five in each hand 39 Two in the head Seven in each arm Six in each leg (2 legs) One in the torso 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

External links

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