TOSY Robotics · entertainment humanoid
TOPIO
A Hanoi-built ping-pong robot (VnExpress, 2007). Height, weight and DOF here describe the robot shown in Tokyo in 2009: 1.88 m, 120 kg and 39 DOF (Masaryk University).
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 188 cmTaller than 95%
- Weight
- 120 kgHeavier than 88%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Vietnam's first widely shown humanoid robot, built to play table tennis against people.
Real-world use
Shown at IREX Tokyo 2007, the 2009 Nuremberg toy fair and IREX 2009.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
TOPIO is taller than 95% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TOPIO is heavier than 88% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
TOPIO has more joints than 67% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- 1,210 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (TOPIO)
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 39 joints
- Actuators & motors
- TOPIO 1.0 (2007): hydraulic cylinders, 20 degrees of freedom on a six-legged base. TOPIO 2.0 (2009): DC servo motors, 42 DoF. TOPIO 3.0 (2009): brushless DC servo motors, 39 DoF.
- Hands
- 5 degrees of freedom per hand on TOPIO 2.0 and 3.0.
- Sensors & vision
- Two high-speed cameras for tracking the ping-pong ball (all versions).
- Battery & power
- TOPIO 2.0 and 3.0: lithium-polymer, 48 V 20 Ah; TOPIO 1.0 ran on hydraulic power.
- AI & software
- Fast-moving-object recognition and fast, accurate motion control for table tennis.
- Other details
- TOPIO 1.0: 185 cm, 300 kg. TOPIO 3.0: 188 cm, 120 kg. Development began in November 2005.
From the maker
TOPIO is the only humanoid from TOSY Robotics in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Never sold
- Where it is sold or used
- Vietnam; shown in Japan and Germany
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- TOPIO 2.0 planned for Nuremberg Toy Fair
TOSY planned to send its two-legged, electrically powered TOPIO 2.0 to Nuremberg's toy fair.
VnExpress - TOPIO 3.0 at Tokyo's international robot exhibition
TOPIO 3.0 was shown playing ping-pong at Tokyo's international robot exhibition in 2009.
Yle - Vietnamese ping-pong robot attracts attention at Japan exhibition
TOSY's hydraulic TOPIO attracted attention at IREX 2007 in Tokyo, which opened on November 28.
VnExpress
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | TOPIOTOSY Robotics |  Toyota Partner Robot (violin-playing)Toyota Motor CorporationSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size |  HRP-4CAISTSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size |  KiyomoritmsukSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2007-11-28 | 2007-12-06 | 2009-03-16 | 2005-12 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | 188 cm | 152 cm | 158 cm | — |
| Weight | 120 kg | 56 kg | 43 kg | — |
| Joints | 39 | — | 42 | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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