an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message type private industry entertainment robot service robot industrial robot smart toy founded september 20 2004 11 years ago headquarters hanoi vietnam area served vietnam 2004 08 worldwide 2008 present key people ho vinh hoang founder chairman ceo products mrobo topio discorobo toop afo website official website facebook page youtube channel tosy tosy robotics is a company from vietnam that specializes in designing and manufacturing robots and smart toys . founded in 2004 tosy s products are now available in more than 60 countries worldwide and have been registered for patent copyright and trademark in all these countries . its current commercial products are discorobo toop and afo . contents 1 brand 2 history 3 robots 4 smart toys 5 industrial robots 6 other products 7 international awards 8 references brand edit technology originality satisfaction yearning history edit 2004 sep tosy was founded . 2005 jan started developing topio a humanoid robot that can play ping pong . 2006 apr opened its first factory in an khanh industrial zone . 2007 nov made its first international appearance in irex international robot exhibition world s largest robot trade fair held in tokyo japan and introduced topio 1.0 . 1 2009 feb topio 2.0 made an impression at spielwarenmesse toy trade fair world s largest toy trade fair held at nuremberg germany ; also introduced other smart toys like ballrobo tyrerobo & afo . sep opened its second factory at cau giay industrial zone . nov made its second appearance at irex robot trade fair . 2010 feb made its second appearance at spielwarenmesse toy trade fair . jun attended automatica world s largest automation trade fair held in munich germany to introduce 3 industrial robots parallel robot scara robot & arm robot . 2011 jan made its first appearance at hong kong toys & games fair asia s largest toy trade fair . feb made its third appearance at spielwarenmesse toy trade fair . made its first appearance at new york toy fair world s third largest toy trade fair held in new york us to introduce toop . jul toop was awarded by guinness world records as the world s longest running mechanical spinning top . 2012 jan introduced mrobo 1.0 at ces consumer electronics show world s largest electronics & technology trade fair held in las vegas us . worldwide music pop star justin bieber was invited by tosy to come and promote for the robot . 2 3 feb made its fourth appearance at spielwarenmesse toy trade fair . made its second appearance at new york toy fair . oct made its second appearance at hong kong toys & games fair . made its first appearance at ceatec combined exhibition of advanced technologies . 4 2013 jan dancer choreographer derek hough three times winner of dancing with the stars attended this ces trade fair to promote for the mrobo 2.0 . 5 jul made its first appearance at ifa internationale funkausstellung berlin one of europe s most popular industrial exhibitions held in berlin germany . 6 oct made its third appearance at new york toy fair to introduce discorobo . 7 2014 jun moved to the new office headquarter at thanh xuan district hanoi . oct made its third appearance at hong kong toys & games fair . dec launched the new version discorobo 2.0 . 2015 feb made its fifth appearance at spielwarenmesse toy trade fair . made its fourth appearance at new york toy fair . robots edit mrobo mrobo is the combination of a dancing humanoid robot and a high quality speaker . 8 from its initial cube shaped of a speaker once the music starts the robot grows out a head legs arms and begins transforming into a fully fledged 18 inch tall robot . it then starts grooving body parts to the music as it plays through its rumbling stomach . with 42 degrees of freedom dofs mrobo could perform a variety of entertaining dance moves . 9 mrobo comes with 2gb of memory that allows internal storage of about 500 songs . the audio power amplifier and speaker are quality units that provide solid bass down to 40 hz . the robot weighs 3.3 lbs 1.5 kg measures 4.3 d x 6.3 w x 7.9 h inches 10 x 16 x 20 cm and runs off batteries . hence its advanced engineering gives the robot an ability to slide move forward downward or turn right left at ease . 10 the robot will not only play music but it ll dance along to it making it one of the more entertaining ways to listen to music . mrobo is not limited to its dance moves either as users can upload their own music from either a mac or pc or even stream music into the robot via bluetooth . 11 tosy said the battery operated mrobo uses software to analyze music for beats and rhythms to which it responds with corresponding moves . this means that if you don t exactly know much about dancing you can still keep your robot up to date with the latest songs and dances to go along with them . 12 derek hough choreographed mrobo s dance performance at ces 2013 video 13 14 topio it has been known that ping pong is interesting to roboticists because it requires understanding of dynamic environments accurate real time vision fast actuation and intelligence to play the game with a winning strategy . topio is a humanoid robot that can play one on one ping pong with humans . it was first introduced in irex world s largest robot trade fair held in tokyo japan in november 28 2007 . 15 while topio 1.0 runs on water power measures 1 8m weighs 500 kg has 6 legs and can not move topio 2.0 is 2 1m but only weighs 60 kg 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 120 kg with 32 dofs . the biggest challenge in designing topio 3.0 is to fulfill 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 . 16 ho vinh hoang the ceo and chief designer of the topio project stated that the robot is getting special attention from experts and exhibition visitors particularly major international technology companies and the mass media . 17 topio 1.0 topio 2.0 sketrobo 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 . at the moment sketrobo s drawing ability is still limited ; however in the future tosy will equip the robot with facial recognition system and motion detection so as the robot can sketch the faces of real people . 18 tosy also aims to use sketrobo to help children learn how to draw . topio dio topio dio is a humanoid robot that measures 125 cm tall and tips the scale at 45 kg 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 . 19 tosy says that the robot is mainly aimed at the hospitality and restaurant industries . 20 sketrobo smart toys edit discorobo discorobo represents a new generation of entertaining and interactive high tech toys . using the latest beat detection technology discorobo can feel a variety of sounds like drums beatbox handclaps etc. and dance along with 56 moves while expressing 8 fun facial expressions . with the free discorobo chat app available on ios android and windows operating systems users can chat with discorobo or choreograph its dancing steps . in dance mode just a shake of the phone or a swipe across the virtual discorobo on screen makes the actual robot react and mimic the movements . in addition users can interact with discorobo using the tv remote just press any button from 0 9 and the robot will sing dance or tell a joke . if users pair two discorobo robots together facing each other the robots will also chat with each other with built in conversations . 21 the discorobo band is available in four vibrant colors blue lucas red andy pink ruby and purple alex . the discorobo special set also includes one discostage which is a high quality portable mp3 player speaker with a 128mb internal memory for music storage and music device connectivity . users can download music to the memory card in the speaker or connect the speaker to their smartphones and tablets to play the music for the robot to dance . the production chain of discorobo is committed to use high quality plastic materials passing the strict safety and quality rules in many markets so that the toy should be perfectly safe products for kids . 22 toop similar to the traditional top game 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 . in 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 toop was honored to become the first and only toy from vietnam that claims this prestigious award . 23 certification from guinness world records afo afo is a cutting edge boomerang with a unique set of features that set it apart from conventional boomerangs . afo was designed in such a way that it can fly far distance and return to you exactly . the afo s flexible and thin blades are instrumental to helping it stay aloft for long periods of time . once afo flies to the sky its led light will immediately turn on creating a wonderful light show especially in the night time . 24 players are encouraged to use their creativity to come up with different ways of playing afo both indoor and outdoor . 25 afo can be played both indoor and outdoor with ease video 26 industrial robots edit in 2010 automatica exhibition held in munich tosy introduced 3 industrial robots arm robot parallel robot & scara robot . these robots have impressed exhibition visitors for their quality as well as for their extreme low cost of comparing to industrial robots from other countries . 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 accurate production on fast moving conveyors . these 3 robots have accuracy measurement of 0 1mm work range of 0 6 2m and work load of 1 30 kg . to minimize production cost tosy has self created the entire components of its industrial robots like engine reducer electrical network automatic control 27 arm robot parallel robot scara robot other products edit ballrobo and tyrerobo are robots that can freely move in all directions and are controlled by a remote control .