The Hanoi Times - TOPIO 2.0, the human-shaped robot who can play table tennis, will arrive Germany at the end of this month to attend the 60th Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair scheduled on February 5–10 in Nuremburg,
TOPIO2.0 is a unique ping-pong playing robot designed in a human shape with a head, two hands and two legs. The robot weighs 60kg, stands 2.10m in height and can move and play ping-pong with a human competitor.
Apart from TOPIO 2.0, TOSY will present at the fair some other robots and hi-tech toys, including TOPIO tiny – a miniature 40-cm version of TOPIO 2.0.
There are TOSY TyreROBO, the world’s first tyre-shaped robot, and TOSY BallROBO, a ball-shaped robot as gifts used in the World Cup 2010. Both of these robots can run forwards and backwards, turn left and right, and climb up the slopes in different environments (sand, snow, water and grass).
A hi-tech favorite toy for Vietnamese children, TOSY UFO Returning, the latest boomerang
Attending the largest toy fair in the world, TOSY will also bring dancing Tiny TOPIO, the mini version of TOPIO2.0 and two robots that can run forward and backwards, climb, and move on snowy, grassy and sandy terrain. The last one is Tosy UFO Returning, a modern boomerang which can fly forward and return precisely, as well as shines brightly at night.
These products are registered for pattern and brand protection in major markets like the US, Europe, Japan, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and India.
In 2007, the Topio 1.0 robot appeared at the IREX 2007, the world largest exhibition for robots in
Based on Ho Vinh Hoang’s idea of creating a human-shaped robot which can play table tennis, TOPIO was worked out by TOSY Robotics JSC since 2005.
TOPIO 1.0, 1.8m high, is hydraulically powered. It weighs 500 kg and cannot move though having six legs. TOPIO 2.0, 2.1m high, weighs only 60 kg and can walk and dance with two legs.
TOPIO 2.0 is powered by electric motor and has 40 free levels. An industrial robot has 3-6 free levels; Honda’s Asimo 34 levels and Sony’s Qrio 38 ones.
According to Nguyen Đinh Can, a programmer for TOPIO, “We had to renew manipulation software modules in order to enable the robot to walk, dance and play table tennis”.
