Toshiba
About
About Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation is a diversified Japanese technology group whose current businesses span energy solutions, digital infrastructure, devices and technology, and retail and printing systems. The portfolio includes power-generation and transmission equipment, public and industrial infrastructure, digital services, semiconductors, hard-disk drives, industrial controllers, batteries and retail systems. Toshiba has operated as a privately owned company since its shares were delisted in December 2023.
Robotics is one application layer within that much broader engineering base. Toshiba businesses supply power semiconductors, motor-control electronics, sensing, industrial computers, controllers and rechargeable batteries that equipment manufacturers can integrate into automated machines. The TPMD0001A electronic speed controller named in ACSL's PF2-AE inspection drone is one exact component example; the aircraft, its autonomy and the inspection workflow remain ACSL's products.
Operations
Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-08-27 - Toshiba reports that the live MIX GTP installation at Honda’s Suzuka Logistics Center averages 200 order lines per hour per worker. - Honda Suzuka MIX GTP deployment - Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Source
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Mushiny
Inbound - Warehouse Automation - Mushiny supplies the MIX GTP platform used in Toshiba's Honda Suzuka warehouse automation system
Source - ACSL
Outbound - electronics and robotics components - ACSL identifies the Toshiba TPMD0001A as the PF2-AE electronic speed controller
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - Actuation Motion - Waveshare UGV Rover Jetson Orin AI Kit integrates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor driver on its driver board
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare UGV01 configurations with the General Driver board use Toshiba TB6612FNG motor driver
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - Actuation Motion - Waveshare RaspRover integrates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor driver on its driver board
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - Actuation Motion - Waveshare UGV Beast Jetson Orin AI Kit integrates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor driver on its driver board
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - Actuation Motion - Waveshare UGV Beast Raspberry Pi AI Kit integrates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor driver on its driver board
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - Actuation Motion - Waveshare UGV Rover Raspberry Pi AI Kit integrates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor driver on its driver board
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare JetBot AI Kit uses a Toshiba TB6612FNG dual H-bridge motor driver
Source - Adafruit
Outbound - Actuation Motion - Adafruit's Stepper + DC Motor FeatherWing incorporates Toshiba TB6612 motor drivers
Source - Pololu
Outbound - Actuation Motion - Pololu TB6612FNG Dual Motor Driver Carrier incorporates Toshiba's TB6612FNG driver
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare UGV02 incorporates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor-driver IC
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare RoArm-M2-GA incorporates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor-driver IC
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare RoArm-M2-S incorporates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor-driver IC
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare RoArm-M3 uses a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor-driver IC on its driver board
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare JetRacer AI Kit uses a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor driver
Source - Waveshare
Outbound - actuation and motion control - Waveshare JetBot 2GB AI Kit integrates a Toshiba TB6612FNG motor driver
Source
Team
- Taro Shimada - Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer - Leads Toshiba Corporation and its operating segments.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-08-27 - Deployment - Toshiba MIX GTP goes live at Honda Suzuka logistics center
Autonomous AGVs move the required parts shelving to workers instead of sending workers through storage aisles. The live installation has achieved an average 200 order lines per hour per worker. Toshiba engineered the site-specific system on Mushiny’s MIX GTP platform and integrated it with Honda’s existing conveyors.
Source - 2026-07-31 - Partnership - Prodrone and Toshiba begin indigenous interceptor-drone development
Prodrone will contribute airframe design, autonomous flight control, vehicle control and UAV production experience. Toshiba will contribute radar, air-defence, command-and-control, quality-assurance, regulatory and systems-integration expertise.
Source - 2021-03-22 - Funding - Toshiba makes strategic investment in Fortem Technologies
Toshiba completed the $15 million investment. The companies formed an alliance integrating radar and radio-frequency detection. The capital supported international SkyDome and DroneHunter sales.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Warehouse Automation Deployment - Toshiba’s MIX GTP warehouse automation system is operating at Honda’s Suzuka Logistics Center.
- Prodrone
Interceptor Drone Development Partner - Prodrone and Toshiba are developing a Japanese interceptor drone combining Prodrone aircraft with Toshiba defence systems.
Context
Comparable profiles
- WEIPU
stack adjacency - Machine Vision · Servo Motion Control Components
- Inovance Technology
stack adjacency - Servo Motion Control Components
- mjbots
stack adjacency - Servo Motion Control Components
- Bühler Motor
stack adjacency - Servo Motion Control Components
- Spiral
stack adjacency - Machine Vision
- Zivid
stack adjacency - Machine Vision
- Practical Robotic Services
stack adjacency - Machine Vision
- Absolute Robotics
stack adjacency - Machine Vision
- FM Vision
stack adjacency - Machine Vision
- Servo Dynamics Engineering
stack adjacency - Machine Vision
- Gpixel
stack adjacency - Machine Vision
- QuSpin
stack adjacency - Machine Vision
Context tags
- Servo motion control components - Stack Layer - Toshiba servo and motion-control components appear in robotics and unmanned-system integration contexts; this is a supporting component-layer association.
- Machine vision - Stack Layer - Toshiba imaging technology appears in machine-vision and unmanned-system integration contexts; this is a supporting stack association rather than Toshiba’s defining robotics…