TOPIO ("TOSY PIng Pong Playing RobOt") is a

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humanoid robot designed to play

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against a human being. It has been developed since 2005 by TOSY, a robotics firm in Vietnam. It was publicly demonstrated at the

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International Robot Exhibition (IREX) on November 28, 2007. TOPIO 3.0 (the latest version of TOPIO) stands approximately tall and weighs . TOPIO 3

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* Recognition of fast moving objects *

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

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TOPIO video
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"I, the Ping Pong Robot"
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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"
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