Toyota will create Toyota Robotics unit, calls robotics a key pillar of its future
Toyota Motor Corporation said on November 5 that it will set up Toyota Robotics, a new company-wide organization under direct corporate oversight, starting January 1, 2027. Toyota said it will make robotics a key pillar of its future business.
Source: Reuters (via TradingView)
The unit will pull together robotics know-how, staff and functions that are now spread across the company. Takefumi Shiga, Toyota's operating officer and chief production officer, will also lead it. Toyota said the group will work closely with its development teams and start from problems on its factory floors to speed up the real-world use, commercialization and deployment of robots.
Why it matters
Toyota says it wants robots to work alongside people as partners rather than take their jobs. The announcement names no robots, budget or deployment targets, so it is not yet clear what Toyota Robotics will build first or how large the effort will be.
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