Toyota
Humanoid robot company · Japan · 7203.T
The Japanese automaker runs long-standing humanoid and assistive robot programs through its partner-robot division and the Toyota Research Institute, including the T-HR3 teleoperated humanoid and the Human Support Robot.
Toyota is a Japan-based humanoid robot and service robot maker, founded in 1937 and headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi. It is publicly traded (7203.T). Product lines include T-HR3, Human Support Robot, Punyo (TRI research). It appears in the directory's Humanoid Robot Companies (32 companies), Service & Consumer Robot Companies (20 companies) and Japanese Robot Manufacturers (11 companies) lists.
- Headquarters
- Toyota City, Aichi, Japan
- Founded
- 1937
- Ticker
- 7203.T
- Robot types
- Humanoids, Service & consumer robots
Products
- T-HR3
- Human Support Robot
- Punyo (TRI research)
Robot reference
- Toyota T-HR3 — Humanoid
Toyota coverage
- Robotics Week in Review: Sep 11–Sep 18, 2026 — Humanoid hardware upgrades, factory-scale deployment plans, and new service infrastructure dominated robotics news this week. Companies like Toyota, Unitree, Ag
- Toyota LBM Robots: ELEY's 400,000-Unit Factory Push from 2028 — Toyota announced plans to invest ¥1 trillion annually from 2028 to deploy around 400,000 LBM-powered robots across 60 global factories and supplier sites. The w
- Agility Digit 5 Launch Targets Barrier-Free Warehouse Work — Agility Robotics launched Digit 5 on September 15, 2026, its first humanoid designed for safe close-proximity work alongside humans in warehouses and factories
- Toyota Research Institute Scales LBMs for Manufacturing at Automate 2026 — Toyota Research Institute presented updates on its Large Behavior Models at Automate 2026. Director Erin McColl described diffusion-based multitask policies tha
- Agility Digit Expands to Multiple Amazon Fulfillment Centers — Agility Robotics has scaled Digit humanoid deployments to additional Amazon fulfillment centers in the US, building on 2023 pilots. The robots perform material
- Robotics Week in Review: Aug 21–Aug 28, 2026 — Humanoid robots shattered performance records while AI foundation models and massive datasets accelerated real-world deployment. Funding rounds, record shipment
- Agility Robotics Digit Patent Sharpens Humanoid Safety for Factories — Agility Robotics received U.S. Patent 12,560,948 in February 2026 for an escalating hazard-response system on its Digit humanoid. The multi-level safety approac
- Agility Robotics Opens 60,000 Sq Ft Fremont Facility for Digit AI Training — Agility Robotics opened a 60,000-square-foot facility in Fremont, California, on July 16, 2026, to train and advance its Digit humanoid robot. The site supports
Directory categories
- Humanoid Robot Companies — 32 companies
- Service & Consumer Robot Companies — 20 companies
- Japanese Robot Manufacturers — 11 companies
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