TOPIO

TOPIO ("TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot") is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to play table tennis against a human being.[1] 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.[2] TOPIO 3.0 (the latest version of TOPIO) stands approximately 1.88 m (6' 2") tall and weighs 120 kg (264 lb).[3]

TOPIO 3.0 at IREX 2009

## Contents

* 1 Development history
* 2 Specifications
* 3 Technologies
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Development history

TOPIO 2.0 at Nuremberg International Toy Fair 2009 Time  | Place  | Event  | Notes

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

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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)

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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[citation needed]

## See also

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

## References

1. ↑ "A Ping-Pong-Playing Terminator" (in en-US). 2010-02-17. https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/ping-pong-playing-terminator/.
2. ↑ "TOSY TOPIO - Table Tennis Playing Robot". DigInfo News. 5 December 2007. http://www.diginfo.tv/2007/12/05/07-0601-d.php. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
3. ↑ "TOPIO 3.0 at Tokyo International Robot Exhibition 2009.". Reuters. http://in.reuters.com/news/pictures/articleslideshow?articleId=INRTXR89S&channelName=RCOMIN_NWS#a=8. Retrieved 2009-11-27. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

## 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

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