TOPIO
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TOPIO is a bipedal humanoid robot
Humanoid robot
A humanoid robot or an anthropomorphic robot is a robot with its overall appearance, based on that of the human body, allowing interaction with made-for-human tools or environments. In general humanoid robots have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs, although some forms of humanoid robots...

 designed to play table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 against a human being. It has been developed since 2005 by TOSY
TOSY
TOSY Robotics is the first Vietnamese robots manufacturing company best known for the development of TOPIO - a robot that can play ping-pong with humans...

, a robotics firm in Vietnam. It was publicly demonstrated at the Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 International Robot Exhibition
International Robot Exhibition
The International Robot Exhibition is the largest robot trade fair in the world. It is an event that has been staged once every two years in Tokyo, Japan since 1973 and is organized by the Japan Robot Association and the company Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd...

 (IREX) on November 28, 2007. TOPIO 3.0 (the latest version of TOPIO) stands approximately 1.88 m tall and weighs 120 kg. Every TOPIO uses an advanced artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...

 system to learn and continuously improve its skill level while playing.

Development history

Time Place Event Notes
November, 2005 TOSY Robotics
TOSY
TOSY Robotics is the first Vietnamese robots manufacturing company best known for the development of TOPIO - a robot that can play ping-pong with humans...

 
Project TOPIO was started
July, 2007 TOSY Robotics
TOSY
TOSY Robotics is the first Vietnamese robots manufacturing company best known for the development of TOPIO - a robot that can play ping-pong with humans...

 
First experiment version of TOPIO demonstrated 8 degrees of freedom, 1 leg, hydraulic system
28 November 2007 Tokyo International Robot Exhibition
International Robot Exhibition
The International Robot Exhibition is the largest robot trade fair in the world. It is an event that has been staged once every two years in Tokyo, Japan since 1973 and is organized by the Japan Robot Association and the company Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd...

, Japan
TOPIO 1.0 publicly demonstrated 20 degrees of freedom, 6 legs, hydraulic system
5 February, 2009 Nuremberg International Toy Fair
Nuremberg International Toy Fair
Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair Nürnberg is the largest international trade fair for toys and games. Only trade visitors associated with the toy business, journalists and invited guests are admitted...

, Germany
TOPIO 2.0 publicly demonstrated 42 degrees of freedom, 2 legs, DC servo motors
25 November 2009 Tokyo International Robot Exhibition
International Robot Exhibition
The International Robot Exhibition is the largest robot trade fair in the world. It is an event that has been staged once every two years in Tokyo, Japan since 1973 and is organized by the Japan Robot Association and the company Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd...

, 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
Power supply
A power supply is a device that supplies electrical energy to one or more electric loads. The term is most commonly applied to devices that convert one form of electrical energy to another, though it may also refer to devices that convert another form of energy to electrical energy...

 
Hydraulic  Li-Po
Li-Po
Li Bai , also known as Li Po, was a Chinese poet.Li Po, Li-Po, or LiPo may also refer to:* Hang Li Po, a Chinese Malaysian princess* Lithium-ion polymer battery...

 battery
Battery (electricity)
An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...

, 48V 20AH
Li-Po
Li-Po
Li Bai , also known as Li Po, was a Chinese poet.Li Po, Li-Po, or LiPo may also refer to:* Hang Li Po, a Chinese Malaysian princess* Lithium-ion polymer battery...

 battery
Battery (electricity)
An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...

, 48V 20AH
Actuator
Actuator
An actuator is a type of motor for moving or controlling a mechanism or system. It is operated by a source of energy, usually in the form of an electric current, hydraulic fluid pressure or pneumatic pressure, and converts that energy into some kind of motion. An actuator is the mechanism by which...

 
Hydraulic cylinder
Hydraulic cylinder
A Hydraulic cylinder is a mechanical actuator that is used to give a unidirectional force through a unidirectional stroke. It has many applications, notably in engineering vehicles.- Operation :...

 
DC Servo Motor
Servo motor
thumb|right|200px|Industrial servomotorThe grey/green cylinder is the [[Brush |brush-type]] [[DC motor]]. The black section at the bottom contains the [[Epicyclic gearing|planetary]] [[Reduction drive|reduction gear]], and the black object on top of the motor is the optical [[rotary encoder]] for...

 
Brushless DC Servo Motor
Servo motor
thumb|right|200px|Industrial servomotorThe grey/green cylinder is the [[Brush |brush-type]] [[DC motor]]. The black section at the bottom contains the [[Epicyclic gearing|planetary]] [[Reduction drive|reduction gear]], and the black object on top of the motor is the optical [[rotary encoder]] for...

Legs 6 2 2
High speed camera
High speed camera
A high speed camera is a device used for recording fast moving objects as a photographic image onto a storage media. After recording, the images stored on the media can be played back in slow-motion...

 
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
    Artificial intelligence
    Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...

  • Low Inertia mechanical system
  • Fast and accurate movement control
  • Balanced bipedal walking

See also

  • Humanoid robot
    Humanoid robot
    A humanoid robot or an anthropomorphic robot is a robot with its overall appearance, based on that of the human body, allowing interaction with made-for-human tools or environments. In general humanoid robots have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs, although some forms of humanoid robots...

  • Actroid
  • Android
  • ASIMO
    ASIMO
    is a humanoid robot created by Honda. Introduced in 2000, ASIMO, which is an acronym for "Advanced Step in Innovative MObility", was created to be a helper to people. With aspirations of helping people who lack full mobility, ASIMO is used to encourage young people to study science and mathematics...

  • Gynoid
    Gynoid
    A gynoid is anything which resembles or pertains to the female human form. It is also used in American English medical terminology as a shortening of the term Gynecoid ....

  • QRIO
    QRIO
    QRIO was to be a bipedal humanoid entertainment robot developed and marketed by Sony to follow up on the success of its AIBO toy. QRIO stood approximately 0.6 m tall and weighed 7.3 kg...

  • HUBO
    HUBO
    HUBO is a walking humanoid robot, head mounted on a life-size walking bipedal frame, developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and released on January 6, 2005...

  • HRP-4C
    HRP-4C
    The HRP-4C is a female humanoid robot, created by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology - a Japanese research facility. An in-public demonstration was put on March 16, 2009. It measures 158 centimetres tall, and weighs 43 kilos - including a battery pack...



External links

  • TOPIO video - YouTube
    YouTube
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  • "I, the Ping Pong Robot" - Softpedia
    Softpedia
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  • "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
    Reuters
    Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...

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