TOSY TOPIO - Table Tennis Playing Robot : DigInfo

[GuardianDemonX]

Tosy also make other robot, like Topio Dio(bartender robot) and Tosy Mrobo(music robot), u guy can check it out on google

[thainguu]

it is Vietnam toys ?!!

[ngocduycpr]

@thainguu yes! tosy of vietnam 

[DyamsDas]

proud of being Vietnamese

[SpringSamurai]

Awesome futuristic top of the line AI technology!

.......Uploaded to youtube in 240p.

[PeaceOfTruth]

Oh geez I didnt realize that asian guy was speaking vietnamese. I didnt understand for a few seconds, I wasn't expecting it to be vietnamese so out of no where my brain start recognizing the language and I understood it and I was like WOAH WHAT'S GOING ON! For some reason I just assumed he was japanese lol

[GuardianDemonX]

vietnamese robot baby, japan only make sex robot

[turbanjuicer]

AAGHHHH its emporer zurg call buzz

[dontneedanicknameheh]

if you look really closely, lebron traveled

[RaspberrySwirl63]

Frakkin toasters!

[imageConstruct]

inb4 robot ai revolution that takes over the world

[NightfurMusic]

Its all fun and games until these robots get a hold of weapons.

[YouKnow381195]

DEVELOP ADVANCED ROBOTS

PLAY PING PONG WITH THEM

[MegaWarlus]

do they come with toasters?

[jledford72]

That thing is dangerous put a sword in that hand and it becomes a Godless death machine.

[MrDannyRichie]

you ever wonder why the japanese suck at sports? cuz they're trying to get robots too. it would be good for training with but robots replacing physical activities? sure lets all be obese -_-

[BeakyRed]

@MrDannyRichie Huh? You probably didn't listen to the video. The robot is designed to compete with professional players as a way of training.

[BeakyRed]

@MrDannyRichie I mean...I mean for the players to train...not the robot

[hankieitunes]

ZURG is ready to play table tennis with Buzz Lightyear

[AcademicWarHawk2]

If it could change its grip for forehands and backhands, it would do pretty well.

[dtien8705]

TOSY is the pride of Việt Nam! I am proud of being Vietnamese.

[BruederMannheims]

@dtien8705 its a piece of shit

[shoopdawoop32]

holy shit its zerg!

[Ozku9]

If in future robot's are playing against each other i believe normal match would take ermmm..... let's just say you can't see the ending of the match unless youre a tree.

[Krurnosai]

IT WILL KEEP IMPROVING ITSELF UNTILL IT LEARNS HOW TO KILL A HUMAN BEING AND THEN TAKE OVER THE WORLD! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[dragongirls1]

@Krurnosai lol.... really? but true...if the world keep going like this..robots are going to be way smarter than us..

[Krurnosai]

@dragongirls1 Yep, just like in iRobot with Will Smith, were the main robot computer thinks that us humans will eventually destroy eachother with nuclear weapons and then takes over the humans to "prevent" such a thing.. But actually war is something very outdated and soon enough the countrys that are still at war will realise this too, that war is not the option. They will all switch to a democratic way of life

[Crisshomes1]

I'll be back!

[VentusUnbirth]

YOU IDIOTS HAS THE TERMINATOR TAUGHT U NOTHING! INTELLIGENT LIFE = DEATH, DEATH = BAD.

[FoxRayne]

I, for one, welcome our new robotic, ping pong Overlords...

[damarh]

that guy he is playing with is hitting like a girl!

[x5132]

Buy a TOPIO. Finally able to play ping pong with somebody. *FOREVER ALONE*

[batashi1411]

vietnam is my country .because , i love it

[manhthangpro113]

I am Vietnamese. I got TOSY UFO ! IT'S GOOOD ! It's only 120.000 VND

[thiagosats]

I am better XD

[ontariobuds]

THEY ARE GOING TO KILL US ALL!

[PrinceArt77]

this robot may seem boring today...yes...but in the near future....because of boring prototypes like this one....super humanoid robots will be developed and will beat the ass of every would be world champions.....every great things start small.....

[PanhandlingMisery]

BORING.... tune in after about 6 years folks and watch a humanoid beat out the world table tennis champion!

[radionactive]

This is the most boring robot I've ever seen...

[Imachowderhead]

All while making .25 cents per hour

[hanoimuaxuan]

"We believe that people with passion can change the wold for the better" - Steve Jobs

[hanoimuaxuan]

TOSY robot is made in Vietnam and I am extremely proud of this because I am Vietnamese .This guy and I learn the same university in Hanoi

[scagish]

ask Arnold Schwarzeneger to beat that

[scagish]

dude i see skynet coming soon... we are all fucked by japan...

[region1111]

Several seconds after the video ended, the robot unveiled its hidden M2 browning, .50 caliber machine guns, paused for dramatic effect, and then the room's loudspeakers began playing "flight of the valkyries" and the robot started blasting the shit out of everyone.

[idonotownthismusic]

@region1111 Jajaja that's hilarious!!

[TokyoFMNA]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIEEE!

[CoreyL11]

Well on our way to C3PO!

[kinhlup246]

Good job,Vietnamese!!

[sarkasmi83]

When they invent a humanoid female that can give me a great blowjob, let me know. Until then, I'm not that interested.

[JohnDough1989]

@sarkasmi83 They Did! You Haven't Heard? They've Been Around Since The Beginning Of Time. They're Called WOMEN! Go Meet One! smh.....

[sarkasmi83]

@JohnDough1989 Yeah I've tried it.. dated at least 10 of em. Now I've got something literally wrong with my brain that's been getting worse so... my social life's shit.. and well, life overall. So one of them androidgirls might come in handy some day as I've, against my will, became a stress filled fucking loser of a being :P

Not to complain to you about it but .. it's not always that easy :)

[vEtOnTeC]

As i noticed they play just on the midle of the table, it would be more realistic if the robot would play on the corners too... but this thing that they have made is awsome :) :D

[DazmoTube]

morons bitching about a robot who can play ping pong. . . sickening.

i bet these fucktards dont even know how to play pingpong, and if they tried it would take them years to learn. im sure tosy could copy the SELF IMPROVING AI code trillions of times in that spam, and likely manufacture millions of robots.

trolls are just scared that trolling is next after pingpong.

[billytalentfreak14]

This...is actually pretty crazy. My comp professors say that "strong AI"(look it up) is pretty far, but dude... This is still impressive.

[DazmoTube]

@billytalentfreak14

this company believes that the advanced AI in the pingpong robot is able to improve itself.

strong AI probably isn't as "Far" as old programmers think.

[theroncon]

How lonely do you have to be to buy one of these? Where's my credit card?

[truthspeaker20]

Ok, lets say Topio became champion at ping pong. Then What?? What is it's use?

[REALSLIK]

@truthspeaker20 dont be a fool. It represents more than ping pong smarty, it represents where we are in terms of AI

[popoufo]

@REALSLIK So far we are at robots that can play Ping Pong ? Once robots can start doing surgeries by themselves then it will be impressive

[kaikaz]

@popoufo it will take lots of years before a robot can do surgery as accurate as a human being. And even if its accurate I would still want to have a human surgeon.

[DiaboloJuggler]

@truthspeaker20 This thing will NEVER EVER become champion.

There is a certain limit for Robots.

[Teh1337bix]

@DiaboloJuggler But the newer version will get closer. and the version after that. Eventually robots will be better than people at ping pong.

[DiaboloJuggler]

@Teh1337bix I play tabletennis for 11 years now and I can tell you that that is impossible !

[billytalentfreak14]

@DiaboloJuggler

Tell that to the hundreds of scientists and researchers building them! xD

[rmessenger]

@DiaboloJuggler Limits imposed by what..? The laws of physics? Computing power? Just because you think their should be a limit, or something special about human intelligence, there's nothing stopping a robot from beating champion table tennis players. Just look at Deep Blue, which was able to beat world champion chess players. Comparatively, the physics of table tennis are much simpler than the permutations of chess. I for one welcome our athletically superior robot overlords.

[padiltimo]

i will buy it when they can make a robot which can compete with pro players... :)

[Ohkiiro]

They're Vietnamese *beep*-ing idiots

[Kaeman72]

What's with that back arm lol

[flaminess]

hax0r!!

[Celerpugnus]

What does everything japanese people make look so fucking idiotic? What are those shoulderpads for? It's supposed to play Tables Tenns not look "cool".

[usws]

@Celerpugnus Japanese eh?

[ThisisToTellUiHateU]

@Celerpugnus this is viet u moron.

[Celerpugnus]

@ThisisToTellUiHateU Oh, then I guess vietnamese people are just as retarded as Japanese.

[TieInterceptorPilot]

@Celerpugnus i find you're lack of respect disturbing.. seriously. How dare you say that? Vietnamese's technology, such as TOPIO, and Japanese's technology, such as ASIMO from Honda company, are one of the most impressive things i ever seen. Both of them work very hard on it. they probably took either months or years from scratch. they even should have earned lots of credits for their hard work and they are very proud of it. You are a very bad xenophobia and nobody wants to hear a crap from you!

[Unity0Is0Power]

@TheKeepers12 the greatest threat to humanities existence is ourselves... Bombs don't make themselves.

[Unity0Is0Power]

If sensor= 0 then go to [shake head]

Emotion? Well, what are we if not organic machines. Bound by nature as one would be by code. You want a program? I am a program!

[gabberis]

I don't think it can serve the ball, just bounce it back. Otherwise, it would be cool to see a TOPIO vs. TOPIO ping pong showdown.

[TheKeepers12]

@gabberis Yes, possibly, however, every development must start somewhere thus the word "development". Nothing has ever come out "perfect" in one shot. Even the video itself it was stated that it is still being developed. Perhaps, in a few more years, you will see TOPIO VS. TOPIO. Giving a better performance than many professionals.

[TheKeepers12]

@TheKeepers12 look up, Topio 3.0

[LeonardoSasuke]

That's Topio 1.0, the 1st public model. The latest Topio is Topio 3.0. Topio 3.0 looks MUCH more like a human than 1.0 and 3.0 also has a six pack xD

[ToyWhip]

Ugh!!! Morons trying to make robots become better than humans! The second they do imagine trying to fight something that can read your every move and predict the outcome of things! Also because we create them they'll probably copy our destructive nature and kill everything :)

GF HUMAN RACE WHEN ROBOTS BECOME TOO SMART.

And seen as they will have our nature of destruction they'll destroy everything and each other :D

[TheKeepers12]

@ToyWhip O.O You clearly watch too much television...

[TheKeepers12]

@ToyWhip Think about it, the case of nuclear war poses more of a threat to mankind than robots do, and nuclear weapons are an abundance. Yet we are still here. We have become advanced to the point that anything could be the end of us. So I don't really see robots as being a big deal, even if they did turn on us.

[NeuroticDummy]

It's all fun and games until the robot becomes self aware and tries to insert the ping pong racket up your butt!

[Dancingwithotters]

"My logic is undeniable!"

[UberMetallMaschine]

lol table tennis, so boring, had to make robots play

[duba3988]

how do people get funding to do this shit

[bjeah]

@impactplayer09 : Uh, artificial intelligence IS automatic response. Its the same thing.

[TheManinMoscow45]

@qn5r shut the fuck up... What's your problem? That's a technological feat. It's fucking hard to create a representative of a living thing made out of inanimate materials, let alone make a making a robot itself. "Decades of research" what, 50 years?it may be a long time, but the motor engine is still pretty close to the model T's a hundred years ago.

[nightrush13]

can't serve haha

[bleepbleep1234]

Man these guys are loners, why cant they just find a friend to play with? wtf

[SuperKey1234]

Made in Vietnam

[MyRosaryRomance]

for american viets.... is it just me or is the viet dialect in the homeland confuse the shit outta you?

[ObamaGoesPostal]

that is so cool

[phoanglong]

Made in Vietnam.. pround to be vietnamese!

[Paradisexlips]

Does it ever miss?

[pwnafire]

@Paradisexlips Yes it does, it's actually not very good yet. :D

[jonesrebel]

Anyone ever see the movie "i, Robot"?

[casamcrem2]

ITTF: Oh, i'm sorry, we don't accept robots.

[AwesomeAndXtreme]

it can only hit the ball if you throw it straight? it cant hit side shots or small shots? unless the robot itself can move

[Glitcher2000]

It "expresses emotions while playing" by rotating its head back and forth? I was expecting it to throw its raquet in frustration, beat the floor and cry "Damn you! Damn you all to hell!"

[AZURA888]

What?, only rich countries can develope technology?, I remember you a lot of people from poor economies work in first world companies, but when a country with a fucked economy wanna does something oh my god end of the world.

[CyberP4nk]

yeah nationalism is so great!

[iruka134]

yeah :)) i'm vietnamese :">

so proud :">

[iclockXpress]

You will need a lot of time and money to develop it like the chess computer. Please use the human and financial resource to make life in Vietnam better. With $2 earning per day, $750 per year you can hire a vietnamese slave for how many years? Do the math? How can the robot be cheaper while all components are made from foreign companies?

[Spockkker]

@iclockXpress

dude stfu, Vietnam has a lower poverty rate, and unemployment rate that the US, and yes products are A LOT cheaper there.

Go learn something about a planned economy

[MrSeamonster87]

@iclockXpress: don't be so upset... Tosy has its own series of industrial robot and other electric appliance. This type of humanoid is for fame only... 

[K0n93]

VIet Pride!!

[Sivos909]

That's the old one. The new one looks better.

[dreamburn1]

It's the Cyberdyne Systems T-1/1000

[fahaz78]

whata pointless waste of time a robot that hits a ball on sum rubbish game that no one even cares about lol

[124085]

hmm, exchange that paddle for a sword and i wonder how good he'd be at fencing :D

[luix987]

muy bueno el robot

como estara de mejorado ahora que estamos en el 2010?¿¿??¿

[Lumasch1]

Yes, LOOK at "what we have now"... Just wait and see, the army will find a way to use this robot.

[GGames2009]

That is soo cool :D I wanna get one, but how much is it XD

[wilipno]

this is money worth spent then that one robot that just hits that ball up and down up and down up and down up and down

[hadoblado]

Admittedly it has taken a long time but it's a difficult task

[qn5r]

Decades of research. What do we have to show? ... Oh wait a ping pong playing robot (albeit poorly)

[Animeten]

Everything starts from somewhere. Video games started from too Ping Pong, look what we have now.

[qn5r]

Yes but robotics is an exceptionally well funded field and yet our artificial intelligence is somewhat lacking. I agree you have to start somewhere but this was started a LONG time ago.

[Uknkown]

lol i imagine the robot saying bad words....

the guy scored..

Topio: damn it!!! U SCORE U SON OF A B!TCH!

Guy : hahaahaa

Topio scored.....

TOPIO :Muahahhaha in youre face u mother fuker

Guy : SHUT UP U HAVE NO EMOTIONS

TOPIO: *cries* oil

Guy : oh wait u do have

xD

[Spectic]

TOPIO: That's it bitch!

GUY: You wanna go?

TOPIO: Bring it!

[harry8292]

this would be well expensive. a ping pong launcher costs 300 pounds as it is

[S117Takumi]

Viet Pide!!! ^_^

[DxBruceexD]

Yeah Viet Pride

I'm Viet (H)

[BigAngeloSantorini]

The player is much too easy on the robot. It must suck.

[sepeisa]

are u an idiot?U see a robot playing and all u say is it must sucks?Go build a better one dude.Shit, man. A little respect to what man can do.i mean...come on

[SouthEasternLoey]

lolololol stupit robot :D

[LondonAudio]

You spelt 'stupid' wrong. ;)

[ryanf0401]

"spelled"

[staytsame]

lol you are

[seangames111]

hmmm... skynet...

[Markcy1989]

i think the same thing.

one day, the machines go dominate the world, and us... you know = (

[seangames111]

machines are stupid... believe me, i build robots for my school

[Markcy1989]

that is the question, robots today are stupid (as we were already a day), but everything evolves.And tomorrow, they will still be stupid?

[seangames111]

they will be whatever we make them...

[Markcy1989]

is true

[Markcy1989]

sorry for my english...is that I am brazilian

[sepeisa]

but isn't robots different from AI? robots do specific things (build cars for example), when AI can learn to do many things.Sure even if there is actually a possibility for the robots to think(...) or act interdependently (...) it will be in decades from now or even centuries. But even so this is a major progress. There was a time when if u said man will fly u would be told an idiot or crazy. Today we can fly. I do not say not to use ur logic, but believe.

[knabbers]

i dont think so, a robot is just anything that is electronic and that does stuff (lol vague description) and artificial intelligence is something the robots use (programmed) to work stuff out - not just following a specific pattern but making decisions based on stuff)...dunno tho

[qn5r]

It isn't really artificial intelligence to be fair, it doesn't make decisions it just follows patterns and logic. It isnt really self aware. And YES I do know the difference between AI and an Expert system.

[Xordspar01]

Robots and computers will always be stupid. They can only do what you tell them to do. Even with AI (Artificial * cough cough* intelligence), they can't just start taking things over like in the movies.

[Indonesian12346]

The funniest thing I heard from Malaysian12346 (a Malaysian who hates Viet and disguise as one): "Face it tough vietnamese man (or boy)! Your women got married to outsiders because of YOUR INCOMPETENCE. They go to other men's bed for BETTER this and that! I'm wondering whats wrong with your own bed? In case you don't know, when a country is rotten, its MEN are to be blamed. In a country where women are shipped out like commodities, its MEN are to be laughed at." LMFAO

[teivman23]

Latest news form Vietnamnet that Tosy, which is the company will open stores in Germany, The Netherland, Belgium, France, Spain, and Japan. All of the toy components are made domestically in Vietnam. It will be toys that are made entirely in VN. No imported components.

[AnonymousViet]

mrhugo22

"They come up with a really good robot but can't come up with their own company logo. They borrowed the Alienware logo. (_ _!)

C'mon guys, create your own logo "

Yes, the O from the TOSY do resemble Alienware Logo. Their robot is not that technological challenge to make, so we shouldn't expect the logo to be any different!

[VanBinhZ28]

Hey! Khmer pig AnonymousViet. This video was posted by Janpanese people.

[AnonymousViet]

I'm sorry, you need to accept reality! Go browse around Youtube and see other TOPIO videos. Talk about Media distortion, and propaganda.

[teivman23]

This company has sold a hundred of Topio1.0 already. This robot was the major attraction at 2007 Irex Tokyo. There is a new and better version of this robot and they name it Topio 2.0. This version look more like human with head, hands, and legs.

[tuinatube]

This is a FAKẸ Look at the other videos of this TOPIO on utube. FAKE, FAKE, FAKE. The video is HIGHLY EDITED to make it look like the robot can play the balls. In reality it just stuck there. SHAME SHAME.

[AnonymousViet]

Yes, it is edited to make it seems like the robot is highly skilled! In reality, it can't hardly hit back.

[mrhugo22]

They come up with a really good robot but can't come up with their own company logo. They borrowed the Alienware logo. (_ _!)

C'mon guys, create your own logo

[likeme209]

Looks different.

[LifeIsTheHell]

Yes, it is very cool! Vietnamese are very smart! Look at how many time we won da first prize in Robocon? And how many did China win? Chinese are brainless and sick!Vietnamese are smart!!!

[GuardianDemonX]

vietnam acutally defeated the japanese in robot competition 3 years in a row, so they decided to make this ping pong robot, i think is pretty cool

[growingup2204]

It's a Vietnamese robot, Tosy is a Vietnamese toy making company. This is a Topio's performance at the Tokyo Robot Exhibition 2007 held in Japan.

[velocejoe]

omg is it potty trained? when we, "bail out" the banks, we can invest in these guys , awesome!

[AzNxFrenzy]

this is not japanese idiot,this is viet pride!!!

[AzNxFrenzy]

this is not japanese idiot,this is viet pride!!!

[TosyCEF]

Its my dads company ^^

[unknownrockstar]

dude thats pretty cool

[HaLong806]

wait he's speaking vietnamese? is he the creator of this roobot?

[transhuman7]

Will robots one day be able to play like Jan-Ove Waldner? Yes.

[samiminh]

I reckon it is an yes. His playing style is quite simple & efefctive that robot might replicate somehow. But another Timo-Bool or some other modern players. I can't be certain :)

[Razcal87]

is japanese robot

[Razcal87]

is japanese robot

[Razcal87]

is japanese robot

[beastmodez]

Looks beast....

Any body watching the world championsships???

LETS GO GERMANY!!

[Singaporesexyman]

REally Or not??? Vietnam's Robot...

[growingup2204]

U don't know about that ???? Vietnam's robot rules many robot competition !

In fact, in Vietnam, robotcon teams have a lot of supports from their professors, whereas in France, students make robots themselves. I've never been t