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Toyota is a global technology leader advancing mobility and automation, from mass-market vehicles to intelligent robotics, including humanoids, AI-powered factory systems, and its experimental Woven City smart‑city project.

Japan’s Auto Giants Move into Humanoids as Korea Breaks a Funding Record

July 16, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Holiday Robotics/Walden Robotics

Humanoid robots are moving into some of the toughest industrial jobs in the world. The industry is compressing years of development into months as investors throw billions into physical AI.

Toyota’s CUE7 Basketball Playing Robot is Machine-Level Accurate

April 13, 2026 by Mike Kalil
Toyota's CUE7 basketball playing humanoid robot

Toyota has a crazy new robot basketball player, the result of more than a decade of research and development.

Robotic Dogs Race into 2026 with Major Tailwind

November 9, 2025 by Mike Kalil
WuBa Intelligent Tech SkyWolf quadrupedal robot

Though humanoids get the headlines, their four-legged counterparts are the ones with the most tailwind heading into 2026.

7-Eleven Japan, Telexistence Fast-Track Humanoid Robot Development Plans

November 2, 2025September 30, 2025 by Mike Kalil
7-Eleven humanoid robot worker

In Japan, 7-Eleven is rushing to replace store workers with humanoid robots.

Why Japan Makes the Cutest Robots in the World

November 2, 2025April 2, 2025 by Mike Kalil
Japan's Cute AI-Powered Robots

Robots are getting smarter and more capable every day. In Japan, they’re also getting cuter.

Toyota’s B-Baller Humanoid Robot Sets Basketball Longshot World Record

May 9, 2026December 4, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Toyota CUE6 Basketball-Playing Humanoid Robot

Toyota’s CUE6 just set a record for the farthest basketball longshot.

Atlas Goes Full Auto: Boston Dynamics Boasts Humanoid Robot’s New AI Capabilities

May 4, 2026October 31, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Atlas by Boston Dynamics does industrial work

People are going crazy about Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot’s newly unveiled abilities.

Boston Dynamics and Toyota Team Up to Make Humanoid Robots Smarter

May 4, 2026October 16, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Toyota Research Institute (TRI)'s Punyo humanoid robot

Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) are joining forces to supercharge the advancement of humanoid robots.

Japan’s Humanoid Robots: 50+ Years of Advancements

May 4, 2026September 23, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Japanese Humanoid Robotics Evolution

Since beginning its journey into humanoid robotics over 50 years ago, Japan has made decades of steady progress.

Iconic Humanoid Robots: From Elektro to ASIMO to Ameca to Tesla Bot

May 3, 2026July 30, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Iconic Humanoid Robots

As humanoid robots surge in popularity, let’s look back at the icons that have gotten us to this point.

Humanoid Robot Timeline: From Ancient Automata to 2075

May 3, 2026May 31, 2024 by Mike Kalil
Elektro Humanoid Robot by Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Let’s start in Ancient Greece with the emergence of automata, machines designed to complete tasks or mimic human actions.

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