TOSY Robotics is the first Vietnamese robots manufacturing company best known for the development of TOPIO

TOPIO

TOPIO 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 on November 28, 2007...

- a robot that can play ping-pong

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...

 with humans. The company's slogan is FUTURE ROBOT.

History

• In 2002, TOSY was founded.
• In 2005, TOSY made its first step towards robotics with the project to make a humanoid robot called TOPIO.
• In November 2007, TOSY exhibited its robots at Tokyo
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   International Robot Exhibition
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   (IREX), Japan.
• In February 2009, TOSY attended Nuremberg International Toy Fair
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  , Germany.
• In November 2009, TOSY has sent TOPIO 3.0 and its latest models of industrial robots to the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition, Japan.
• In February 2010, TOSY attended Nuremberg International Toy Fair, Germany - the biggest International Toy Fair.
• In June 2010, TOSY first time joined AUTOMATICA 4th in Munich, Germany with its latest industrial robots.

TOPIO

TOPIO

TOPIO

TOPIO 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 on November 28, 2007...

 ("TOSY PING PONG PLAYING ROBOT") 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...

 capable of playing ping-pong with a human being, developed by TOSY from 2005 and publicly demonstrated at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition on November 28, 2007. TOPIO 3.0 (the latest version of TOPIO) stands approximately 1.88 m tall and weighs 120 kg.

Toy robots and high-tech toys

• TOSY TOPIO tiny

TOSY TOPIO tiny is a miniature version of the humanoid robot TOPIO.

- Humanoid structure, 56cm in height, 4 kg in weight, flexible movement thanks to 26 degrees of freedom.

- Walking, dancing and balancing on one leg.

- Getting up after falling down.

- Humorous reaction when you put your hand in front of his face thanks to an infrared sensor on his head.

- Gestures accompanied with sound.

- Infrared remote control.

- Rechargeable battery.

• TOSY TyreROBO

TOSY TyreROBO is a tyre shaped robot, also the first of the sort.

- Moving forward or backward, turning left or right on different terrains: floor, grass, water, snow and sand, etc.

- Climbing over a slope of 30°.

- Green and red LED showing the direction.

- Playing easily with remote control.

- Wireless rechargeable battery.

• TOSY BallROBO

TOSY BallROBO - a ball-shaped robot that can operate on different terrains.

- Moving forward or backward, turning left or right on different terrains: floor, grass, water, snow, sand, etc…

- Spinning on a spot.

- Climbing over a slope of 30.

- Radio control.

• TOSY UFO returning

TOSY UFO returning is a flash boomerang that can be launched from a launcher.

- Flying a far distance for a long time and returning exactly to the player.

- Smart super bright LEDs automatically turn on when flying, creating a bright colorful rainbow at night.

- Hanging on the ceiling or wall like a gyro.

- Easy play with the launcher.

External links

• TOSY official website - TOSY
• TOPIO official website - TOSY
• TOPIO video - YouTube
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• "I, the Ping Pong Robot" - Softpedia
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• "TOPIO - The Ping Pong Playing Robot" - www.robotliving.com