TOSY · Humanoid · 2005
TOPIO ('TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot') is a bipedal humanoid built by Vietnamese firm TOSY to play table tennis against a human, developed from 2005 and famously demonstrated at Tokyo's IREX in 2007. Its carbon-fibre-composite frame allows fast, flexible motion, and it tracks the ball's trajectory and spin with multiple high-speed cameras feeding an artificial neural network that lets it learn and improve as it plays. The flagship TOPIO 3.0 stands 1.88 m and weighs 120 kg with 32 DoF (up from 20 DoF hydraulic in 1.0 and 28 DoF in 2.0). More a showcase of real-time vision and dynamic bipedal control than a product.
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View full interactive profile, comparisons & videos →| Category | Humanoid |
| Sub-type | Ping-Pong-Playing Humanoid |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2005 |
| Origin | Vietnam |
| Also known as | TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot |
| Weight | 120 kg |
| Frame | Carbon-fibre composite |
| Degrees of freedom | 32 |
| Camera | Multiple high-speed cameras (ball tracking) |
| AI model | Artificial neural network (learns while playing) |
| Actuator type | Electric (3.0); hydraulic (original 1.0) |
| Use cases | Table tennis vs humans, Exhibition / entertainment, Dynamic-motion + vision research |
| Made in | Vietnam |