Toy Robots Archive

  • TOPIO Dio: Meet Vietnam’s first service robot

    TOPIO Dio: Meet Vietnam’s first service robot

    Tosy (warning: the site takes a long time to load), Vietnam's first - and only - robot venture, has been flying under the radar since the debut of TOPIO, their table tennis-playing humanoid, in 2007. The company was established as early as 2002 and has been mainly manufacturing toy robots since. But it seems as if their first "life-sized" service robot, dubbed TOPIO Dio, is a pretty cool humanoid.

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  • Dream Cat Venus: Sega Toys to roll out creepy animal robot

    Dream Cat Venus: Sega Toys to roll out creepy animal robot

    Sega Toys Japan is pretty active when it comes to developing toy robots. They are the company behind the E.M.A. (aka the kissing robot) or the A.M.P. (aka the music robot). But Sega Toys is also selling a lot of animal robots, for example a robo-hamster, baby biddies or a puppy. Their newest robotic animal is called Dream Cat Venus [JP, PDF]. Sega Toys has been selling life-like (well, almost) robo-cats in Japan for about 3 years now. And Venus (designed like a Norwegian Forest Cat) is an upgrade for an older model called "Smile". Sega Toys says it's the right choice for people with no time to look after a real animal.

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