TOSY
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment robot Service robot Industrial robot Smart toy |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Vietnam |
| Products | mRobo TOPIO DiscoRobo TOOP AFO |
| Website | www |
TOSY Robotics specializes in designing and manufacturing robots and smart toys. The most famous products from TOSY Robotics are TOPIO Robot, DiscoRobo, TOOP and AFO.
Brand
[edit]TOSY Robotics focuses on research and development and manufacturing of robots. TOSY's core value is: Technology – Originality – Satisfaction – Yearning. TOSY is a company that designs and manufactures unique robots since 2002.
History
[edit]TOSY Robotics was founded in 2004. In 2007, the company made its first international appearance in IREX (International Robot Exhibition) in Tokyo, Japan and introduced TOPIO 1.0.[1] In 2009, the company introduced TOPIO 2.0 at the Spielwarenmesse Toy Trade Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, in addition to other smart toys likeBallRobo, TyreRobo & AFO.
In 2011, TOSY TOOP received the Guinness World Record for “the world’s longest-running mechanical spinning top.” In 2012, the company Introduced mRobo 1.0 at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Worldwide music pop star Justin Bieber was there to promote for the robot.[2]
In 2013, dancer/choreographer Derek Hough, three-time winner of Dancing with the Stars, attended this CES Trade Fair to promote the mRobo 2.0.[3]
Robots
[edit]mRobo is the combination of a dancing humanoid robot and a speaker.[4]
TOPIO ("TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot") is a bipedal humanoid robot designed to play table tennis against a human being. It has been known that ping pong is interesting to roboticists because it requires an understanding of dynamic environments, accurate real-time vision, fast actuation and intelligence to play the game with a winning strategy. It was first introduced in IREX – world's largest robot trade fair – held in Tokyo, Japan on November 28, 2007.[5] While TOPIO 1.0 runs on water power, measures 1.8m, weighs 500kg, has 6 legs and cannot move, TOPIO 2.0 is 2,1m but only weighs 60kg, has 2 legs and can move. As it is considered a much more advanced version compared to the former one, TOPIO 2.0 has 28 DoFs and runs on electricity. Its ability to move, dance and play ping pong is based on modules such as high-speed image sensor, artificial neural network, movement controller, etc. The newest TOPIO 3.0 is as tall as 1,88m and weighs 120kg with 32 DoFs.
The biggest challenge in designing TOPIO 3.0 is to fulfil 2 requirements: to be able to move & to play ping pong. In robotics engineering, it is not an easy task to combine these two factors. Nevertheless, TOPIO has undergone a thorough research and development procedure so that it could move fluently in 2 foot.[6]
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TOPIO 3.0
SketRobo is a humanoid robot that can draw over 200 pre-loaded images, using a hand-held pen and a sheet of paper clipped to a table in front of it. SketRobo is a cool little robot from Vietnamese toy maker Tosy Robotics that can use its cameras to sketch anything you want. At the moment, SketRobo’s drawing ability is still limited; however, in the future, TOSY Robotics will equip the robot with facial recognition system and motion detection so as the robot can sketch the faces of real people.[7] TOSY Robotics also aims to use SketRobo to help children learn how to draw.
The TOPIO Dio is a robot designed to serve in a restaurant or coffee shop, or as a cocktail bartender, which is manufactured by Vietnam-based company, Tosy. TOPIO Dio is a humanoid robot that measures 125cm tall and weighs 45kg, where it features 28 DoFs, a trio of wheels, a built-in camera, a sensor that helps it avoid obstacles and a Wi-Fi control capability.[8] TOSY Robotics says that the robot is mainly aimed at the “hospitality and restaurant” industries.[9]
Smart toys
[edit]DiscoRobo is a "dancing" robot.[10] As a combination of hi-tech and entertainment, the talking DiscoRobo can feel and dance to many beats of life, from your music to your beatbox, to your handclaps and even your footsteps. Users can also engage with this fascinating toy via an app which allows them to chat with DiscoRobo or customize it's dancing steps.
Inspired by traditional toys of Vietnamese children, TOOP is a modern spinning top that runs on 3A battery with non-stop motorized spinning. With a controlling stick, players can create their own game strategy and control the tops to compete with others on the arena battle set. On 2011 July 7, TOOP was awarded by Guinness World Records as “The world’s longest-running mechanical spinning top”. With its record of spinning for 24 hours 35 minutes and 15 seconds.[11]
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Certification from Guinness World Records
AFO is a boomerang with an LED light.[12] Players are encouraged to use their creativity to come up with different ways of playing AFO both indoor and outdoor.[13]
Industrial robots
[edit]In 2010, Automatica Exhibition held in Munich, TOSY Robotics introduced 3 industrial robots: Arm Robot, Parallel Robot and Scara Robot. Arm Robot is an interactive automatic device that can solder, paint, assemble, move boxes or pallets, etc. Scara Robot and Parallel Robot are able to execute production on fast-moving conveyors. These 3 robots have an accurate measurement of 0,1mm, work range of 0,6-2m and workload of 1–30 kg. To minimize production cost, TOSY Robotics has self-created the entire components of its industrial robots like engine, reducer, electrical network, automatic control,…[14]
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Scara robot
Other products
[edit]BallRobo and TyreRobo are robots that can freely move in all directions and are enabled by remote control. Robo-Balls are high-quality table tennis balls ideal for recreational play or multi-ball training. These 2 robots have been registered for patent for their special mechanical engineering that helps them move on different topographic: sand, snow, water, etc.
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TyreRobo
International Awards
[edit]- Best Toy Award – AFO, Good Housekeeping, 2011[15]
- Top Tech Toy – AFO, The Street, 2011[16]
- Guinness World Records – TOOP, 2011[11]
- Great Toy of the Year – TOOP, Good Housekeeping, 2012[17]
- Best of Toy Fair – DiscoRobo, Popular Science, 2012[18]
- Space Age Award for Best High-tech Toy – SketRobo, 2012[19]
- Top Product at New York Toy Fair – SketRobo, Mashable, 2012[20]
- Best of CES – mRobo, The Washington Post, 2012[21]
- Best of CES – mRobo, The Huffington Post, 2012[22]
References
[edit]- ^ TOSY TOPIO - Table Tennis Playing Robot : DigInfo, retrieved 2023-06-28
- ^ Justin Bieber. A dancing robot. CES 2012., updated 1/11/2012
- ^ mRobo shows off dance moves that far surpass my own (video), updated 11/1/2013
- ^ CES 2012: Tosy Robotics’s mRobo ‘Bieberbot’, 3D Systems Cube printer, Yurbud custom earbuds, Razer gaming tablet turn heads, updated 1/12/2012
- ^ Play ping-pong or feed the baby at Tokyo robot fair, updated 11/29/2007
- ^ Topio The Ping Pong Playing Robot, updated 1/22/2009
- ^ TOSY Robotics set to release dancing and sketching robots, updated 9/5/2012
- ^ Topio Dio serves up drinks at bar, updated 6/21/2010
- ^ TOPIO Dio: The Skillful Waiter & Bartender, updated 6/18/2010
- ^ TOSY Robotics's DiscoRobo dancing robot is no legend, updated 10/1/2012
- ^ a b Longest Running Mechanical Spinning Top, updated 2/25/2015
- ^ 'Đĩa bay' trên bầu trời Hà Nội, updated 12/23/2008
- ^ Ấn tượng với cuộc thi “Sáng tạo với đồ chơi TOSY Robotics 2011”, updated 9/1/2011
- ^ TOSY Robotics: Triển lãm thành công tại IREX 2009, updated 11/28/2009
- ^ Good Housekeeping's Best Toy Awards 2011, updated 2/25/2015
- ^ Top Tech Toys for 2011, updated 2/15/2011
- ^ Great Toys for 2012, updated 2/25/2015
- ^ POPSCI'S ultimate robot dance-off, updated 2/16/2012
- ^ Best of Toy Fair 2012: SPACE.com's Space Age Awards Winners, updated 2/15/2012
- ^ Top 12 New Toys at Toy Fair That Make You Want to Be a Kid Again, updated 2/15/2012
- ^ CES 2012: TOSY Robotics’s mRobo ‘Bieberbot’, 3D Systems Cube printer, Yurbud custom earbuds, Razer gaming tablet turn heads, updated 1/13/2012
- ^ The Best Of CES 2012: 9 Gadgets For Music Lovers, updated 1/12/2012