The TOPIO Dio is a
robot
A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be ...
designed to serve in a restaurant or coffee shop, or as a cocktail bartender, which is manufactured by
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
-based company,
Tosy. TOPIO Dio has a 3-wheel moving platform, 28 degrees of freedom and is operated remotely with a built-in camera and an obstacle detector. it is 125 cm high and weighs 45 kg.
Development history
Specifications
Technologies
* Remote control via
wireless internet
Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...
* Integrate 3D vision via 2 cameras
* 3D operation space of robot defined by the controlling software
* Processes pre-defined images
* Detects obstacles by
Ultrasonic Sensor
Ultrasonic transducers and ultrasonic sensors are devices that generate or sense ultrasound energy. They can be divided into three broad categories: transmitters, receivers and transceivers. Transmitters convert electrical signals into ultrasou ...
* Three-wheeled base with
omnidirectional and balanced motion
See also
*
TOPIO
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 ...
References
External links
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TOSY
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TOSY
Topio Dio serves up drinks at bar- www.ubergizmo.com
TOPIO Dio: Meet Vietnamese's first service robot- www.crunchgear.com
TOPIO Dio the skillful waiter bartender- www.slashgear.com
Meet TOPIO Dio Vietnam's first humanoid bartender- techblips.dailyradar.com
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Humanoid robots
Service robots
Robotics at TOSY
2010 robots
Three-wheeled balancing robots