Toyota Motor Corporation Timeline

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• 2026-10-06 - Capability - Toyota CUE7 adopts edge-AI compute supplied by Ryosan Ryoyo - The configuration uses NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Industrial, Connect Tech AGX202 and Connect Tech JCB002. Toyota selected the hardware for its compact, lightweight form and high-precision real-time recognition of the ball and surroundings. The research explores… - source: rr-hds.co.jp
• 2026-09-18 - Market Signal - Toyota signals potential ¥1T annual factory-automation demand from 2028 - The estimate covers Toyota, group companies and major suppliers, with replacement and new-installation demand across industrial, logistics, humanoid and other robots. The roughly 400,000-robot figure describes the wider Toyota-linked ecosystem, not a… - source: reuters.com
• 2026-09-14 - Deployment - NTT Mobility and May Mobility begin Toyota City autonomous-driving trial - The first route runs between Toyota City Station and Toyota Stadium East through February 26, 2027, with free reserved rides for up to four passengers. A rural Sienna phase is planned for November, followed by an e-Palette route in a suburban district in… - source: prtimes.jp
• 2026-09-03 - Demonstration - May Mobility and NTT Mobility start e-Palette public-road testing - The test operates around NTT Mobility's Co-Creation Hub in Musashino, Tokyo. NTT Mobility contributes communications, remote operations and in-cabin operating support. The partners plan additional Japanese demonstration sites this fiscal year; nationwide… - source: prtimes.jp
• 2026-07-15 - Capability - Toyota expands NVIDIA physical-AI stack across factories, vehicles and cities - Toyota is bringing NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and Isaac Sim into manufacturing and robotics workflows for digital twins and robot-motion simulation. Next-generation Toyota vehicles are being developed with DRIVE AGX and DriveOS for L2++ driver-assistance… - source: blogs.nvidia.com
• 2026-06-30 - Award - Refined Robotics is named a Toyota Woven City pitch finalist - Its pitch covered delivery across rough terrain, snow and transitions between outdoor and indoor spaces. The presentation described layered on-device safety architecture for autonomous systems sharing public space. - source: refinedrobotics.com
• 2026-06-30 - Partnership - Joby and Toyota launch strategic manufacturing alliance - The alliance applies Toyota production methods to manufacturing Joby's electric air taxi at commercial scale. Toyota engineers are working alongside Joby teams on factory layout, process planning and production-system development. Electric aircraft and… - source: jobyaviation.com
• 2026-04-12 - Demonstration - Toyota debuts CUE7 basketball robot at Tokyo arena - The redesigned platform reduces weight from approximately 120 kg to 74 kg and replaces its predecessor’s four-wheel base with two wheels. Its hybrid controller combines reinforcement learning with model-predictive control. The arena demonstration included… - source: toyotatimes.jp
• 2025-08-20 - Demonstration - Boston Dynamics and TRI demonstrate Atlas whole-body manipulation - A continuous Spot Workshop demonstration shows full Atlas folding and shelving robot legs, opening a bin for face plates and clearing loose components. The 450-million-parameter diffusion-transformer policy combines images, joint sensing and language… - source: bostondynamics.com
• 2025-08-15 - Partnership - Hesai Secures New Lidar Design Win from Toyota - The technical configuration includes automotive lidar. The work is scoped to Toyota vehicle programme. The milestone records a selection or design win rather than completed deliveries. - source: hesaitech.com
• 2025-01-06 - Facility Opening - Toyota completes Phase 1 construction of Woven City mobility test course - Toyota completed Phase 1 construction of Woven City, its mobility test course in Susono City, Japan. The 175-acre project transforms the former Higashi-Fuji Plant site into a living laboratory for robotics and autonomous systems. - source: pressroom.toyota.com
• 2024-10-16 - Partnership - Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute announce humanoid robotics partnership - Scott Kuindersma of Boston Dynamics and Russ Tedrake of TRI co-lead the Boston-based research team. Atlas hardware and teleoperation will collect whole-body, bimanual manipulation data for training TRI Large Behavior Models. Hardware and simulation… - source: pressroom.toyota.com
• 2024-09-26 - Award - Toyota CUE6 sets farthest basketball shot record for a humanoid robot - Toyota announced that CUE achieved a Guinness World Records title for the farthest basketball shot by a humanoid robot. The shot distance was 24.55 meters. Toyota framed the result as part of CUE progression from repeated free throws toward longer-range… - source: global.toyota
• 2023-04-27 - Partnership - Joby and Toyota sign long-term component supply agreement - Toyota will manufacture Joby-designed powertrain and actuation components under a signed long-term supply agreement. Components will go to Joby's San Carlos powertrain and electronics facility before completed assemblies are shipped to the Marina pilot… - source: jobyaviation.com
• 2019-05-17 - Award - Toyota CUE3 sets assisted humanoid free-throw Guinness World Record - CUE3 achieved the Guinness World Record for most consecutive basketball free throws by a humanoid robot. Toyota history records the assisted free-throw total as 2,020. The record helped turn CUE from an internal engineering project into a public-facing… - source: global.toyota
• 2018-05-01 - Org Change - Toyota makes CUE an official internal robotics task - Toyota CUE history says the project became an official task on May 1, 2018. The change followed the first-generation CUE debut at Alvark Tokyo home games in March 2018. The formalized program continued through multiple generations of basketball-playing… - source: global.toyota
• 2017-04-01 - Demonstration - Toyota CUE project begins as internal basketball robot initiative - Toyota says the CUE project began as an internal voluntary activity in 2017. The program later became one of Toyota representative robotics research efforts. The project used basketball shooting as a clear test of perception, control and repeatable physical… - source: global.toyota