TOSY
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File:TOSY logo.png | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Robotics, Toys |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Hanoi, Vietnam |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ho Vinh Hoang, Founder/Chairman/CEO |
Products | Industrial Robots, Personal Robots, HiTech Toys |
Website | www.tosy.com |
TOSY Robotics is the first Vietnamese robots manufacturing company [1] best known for the development of TOPIO - a robot that can play ping-pong with humans.[2] The company's slogan is FUTURE ROBOT.
History
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- In 2002, TOSY was founded.
- In 2005, TOSY made its first step towards robotics with the project to make a humanoid robot called TOPIO.
- In November 2007, TOSY exhibited its robots at Tokyo International Robot Exhibition (IREX), Japan.[3]
- In February 2009, TOSY attended Nuremberg International Toy Fair, Germany.[4]
- In November 2009, TOSY has sent TOPIO 3.0 and its latest models of industrial robots to the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition, Japan.[5]
- In February 2010, TOSY attended Nuremberg International Toy Fair, Germany - the biggest International Toy Fair.[6]
- In June 2010, TOSY first time joined AUTOMATICA 4th in Munich, Germany with its latest industrial robots.[7]
- In January 2012, TOSY first time joined CES in Las Vegas. Justin Bieber unveils TOSY mRobo at CES 2012.[8]
References
- ^ "Vietnam's first robot manufacturing company". www.lookatvietnam.com. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Nano technology | Computer | Robot | TOSY TOPIO - Table Tennis Playing Robot". DigInfo News. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- ^ "Tokyo robot fair". www.canada.com. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
- ^ "Vietnamese robot come to international toy fair". www.vietnamnet.vn. Retrieved 2009-01-21. [dead link]
- ^ "Tokyo International Robot Exhibition 2009". www.nhk.or.jp. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ "Vietnam robot maker seeks splash at Toy Fair". www.monstersandcritics.com. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ "Vietnamese-made robots astonish visitors of Automatics 2010". www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ [1]
External links
- TOSY official website - TOSY
- TOPIO official website - TOSY