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About CUE7

CUE7 is Toyota's seventh-generation AI basketball robot, developed to study perception, ball control and coordinated motion. It made its public game debut at an Alvark Tokyo home game in April 2026. The redesigned wheeled platform adds smoother movement around the court and dribbling to the shooting skills developed through earlier CUE generations.

The CUE project began in 2017 through volunteers from the Toyota Engineering Society. CUE7 represents a substantial hardware and control redesign, with changes intended to improve movement, responsiveness and the range of basketball actions. The team uses demonstrations on a real court to test how the robot senses and acts in a dynamic environment. CUE7 remains a research and public-demonstration platform within Toyota's basketball-robot programme.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

Operating environments: Toyota Arena Tokyo
Basketball shooting
Demonstrated - 2026-04-12 - Shoot baskets during CUE7’s Alvark Tokyo halftime performance. - environment: Toyota Arena Tokyo
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Observed use

Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.

Jetson AGX Orin Industrial
Research Experiment - Embedded - Physical - NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Industrial is used in Toyota CUE7’s onboard perception and control research configuration, supplied through Ryosan Ryoyo.
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Connect Tech AGX202
Research Experiment - Embedded - Physical - Connect Tech AGX202 is used in Toyota CUE7’s onboard perception and control research configuration, supplied through Ryosan Ryoyo.
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Connect Tech JCB002
Research Experiment - Embedded - Physical - Connect Tech JCB002 is used in Toyota CUE7’s onboard perception and control research configuration, supplied through Ryosan Ryoyo.
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Supply

Supply / Components

CUE7
Edge AI Compute Modules - Compute & Control - Ryoyo Ryosan - Ryosan Ryoyo supplied NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Industrial and Connect Tech AGX202/JCB002 for Toyota CUE7 research - source: rr-hds.co.jp
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Resources

Media library

CUE7 development and debut
video · Toyota Times Global
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Timeline

Toyota CUE7 adopts edge-AI compute supplied by Ryosan Ryoyo
2026-10-06 - Capability - 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 autonomous decisions and control for dribbling in response to irregular ball movement and changes in the environment.
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Toyota debuts CUE7 basketball robot at Tokyo arena
2026-04-12 - Demonstration - 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 rising from a seated position, dribbling and making a free throw.
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Context

Market context

CUE7 is Toyota seventh-generation basketball-playing humanoid research robot demonstrating learned shooting, dribbling and perception through reinforcement learning.

Target environment: Research labs, demonstration events and sports robotics testing environments.
Workflow context: Sports robotics research, reinforcement learning for dynamic motion and basketball shooting/dribbling demonstration.
Customer context: Robotics researchers and Toyota internal R&D teams studying physical AI and dynamic motion control.
Deployment model: Internal research project with public demonstration visibility.
Commercial maturity: Research-stage humanoid testbed from Toyota not positioned as a commercial product.
Adoption constraints: Designed for basketball-specific research rather than general-purpose tasks.
Market position: A high-visibility physical AI testbed from Toyota showing progression from programmed control toward reinforcement learning.
Adjacent products: Research humanoids, sports robotics platforms