TOSY · Humanoid · 2007
TOPIO (TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot), developed from 2005 by Vietnamese firm TOSY and famously debuted at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition in November 2007, is a bipedal humanoid built to play table tennis against human opponents — a striking, sci-fi-looking demonstration of fast robotic manipulation and vision. The flagship TOPIO 3.0 stands 1.88 m and weighs 120 kg on a carbon-fiber-composite frame for quick reactions, with 39 DOF driven by brushless DC servo motors (the line evolved from the 20-DOF hydraulic TOPIO 1.0 through the 42-DOF TOPIO 2.0 to 3.0). It tracks the ball's trajectory and spin with four high-speed cameras and two processing units, using predictive motion planning to return shots, and an AI system that learns and improves its play over time — it can even record scores and express emotions mid-game, sustaining rallies of a few turns. TOSY also made a 40 cm 'Tiny TOPIO' and the wheeled service robot TOPIO Dio. NOTE: full version history and specs from Wikipedia + academic (SAGE) + TOSY sources; TOPIO 3.0 figures recorded with the lineage documented.
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View full interactive profile, comparisons & videos →| Category | Humanoid |
| Sub-type | Table-Tennis Humanoid |
| Status | Legacy |
| Year | 2007 |
| Origin | Vietnam |
| Also known as | TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot |
| Announced | 2007-11 |
| Released | 2007 |
| Weight | 120 kg |
| Frame | Carbon fiber composite (fast reaction, flexible motion) |
| Degrees of freedom | 39 |
| Camera | Multiple high-speed cameras (ball tracking) |
| AI model | Advanced AI — learns and continuously improves table-tennis skill while playing |
| Actuator type | Brushless DC servo motors |
| Use cases | Table-tennis demonstration, Robotics R&D showcase, AI motion-planning research |
| Made in | Vietnam |