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Toyota Motor is a robotics company founded 1937, based in Japan, developing 3 robots primarily in the Mobile Manipulator category.
Leading mobility innovation with robotics like HSR and Potaro to enhance care for elderly and disabled globally.
Toyota Motor Corporation builds robotics products including the Human Support Robot (HSR), a compact mobile manipulator for elderly and disabled users, and Potaro, an in-hospital delivery robot for transporting medication. Buyers include healthcare facilities, rehabilitation centers, and research institutions in Japan, Europe, and the US. Key differentiators include voice/tablet control, semiautonomous navigation, and pan-tilt vision. Toyota operates globally with robotics research hubs in Japan and Europe.
Company facts
- Legal name
- Toyota Motor Corporation
- HQ
- Toyota City, Japan
- Founded
- 1937 · 89 yrs
- Employees
- 70,000+
- Stage
- ipo_public
- Website
- global.toyota/en
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Trusted by
- U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Romulo Camargodeployed 2018mag.toyota.co.uk ↗
- Frontier Research Center of Toyota Motor Corporationdeployed 2019global.toyota ↗
Awards & recognition
- SIGGRAPH 2018 Emerging Technologies Program Selection2018blog.siggraph.org ↗
Milestones
Toyota began developing Potaro, a robot for transporting medication in hospitals.
HSR was showcased in the SIGGRAPH 2018 Emerging Technologies program.
Toyota introduced the Human Support Robot (HSR) as part of its Partner family of robots.
Press coverage
- Robots Carrying Medicine in Place of Humans! | Frontier Research
Toyota Global · Jan 2019
- Robotics at Toyota
Toyota Europe · Mar 2020
- Toyota Human Support Robot: What is it and how can it be used?
Toyota UK · Jun 2018
- Evaluation of the Toyota Human Support Robot (HSR) for Social Learning
PMC · Feb 2019
- Inspired by Service Dogs: Inside Toyota's Human Support Robot
SIGGRAPH Blog · Feb 2019
Active products by Toyota Motor
3 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Human Support Robot | Mobile Manipulator | Payload 1.2 kg·Top speed 0.2 m/s | 2012 | AA |
| 2 |  | Human Support Robot (HSR) | Mobile Manipulator | Payload 1.2 kg | 2012 | A |
| 3 |  | Potaro | Hospitality | — | 2023 | A |
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