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TOPIO ("TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot") 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 (IREX) on November 28, 2007. TOPIO 3.0 (the latest version of TOPIO) stands approximately 1.88 m (6' 2") tall and weighs 120 kg (264 lb).


Development history


Specifications


Technologies

* Recognition of fast moving objects * Artificial Intelligence * Low Inertia mechanical system * Fast and accurate movement control * Balanced bipedal walking


See also

* Humanoid robot *
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* ASIMO * Gynoid *
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* QRIO *
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* HRP-4C


References


External links

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TOPIO video
- YouTube
"I, the Ping Pong Robot"
- Softpedia
"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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Topio Bipedal humanoid robots Sports robots Robotics at TOSY 2005 robots