Toyota presents Punyo, a robot that can hug objects
With a design inspired by Baymax from Big Hero 6, Punyo uses touch sensors and inflatable 'paws' to hug and carry objects.
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Neo Steer, goodbye pedals: Toyota wants to revolutionize driving
The Japanese company reinvents driving: Neo Steer opens new avenues for accessibility and comfort
Toyota: the future of cars will not be replacement, but updating
Toyota announces an after-sales upgrade service for updating cars, completely changing the logic of the automotive market.
Toyota develops a cartridge to make hydrogen portable
A cartridge-based system can bring hydrogen where it is needed, without the need to create expensive dedicated infrastructure.
A Toyota patent allows energy to be transferred between electric cars
Horizon Electric Cars: the new Toyota patent allows wireless energy to be transferred from one vehicle to another vehicle.
Toyota-Panasonic agreement to cut battery costs by 65% in 4 years
The joint venture between the two giants has already produced 1,4 million batteries, and is preparing for a mission to conquer the markets.
Toyota trains its robots to clean mirrored tables (and take selfies)
It's easy to say domestic robots: one detail (the reflection in a mirror) is enough to send one into tilt. Toyota has solved this too.
In 2021, a Toyota car with a solid-state battery and charging in 10 minutes
Nikkei Asia reveals Toyota's plans to introduce (5 years ahead of competitors) a car with a solid-state battery. It would be charged in just 10 minutes.
Toyota hung a robot butler from the ceiling
Toyota and its research laboratory, RTI, come up with a machine that changes all the paradigms of the robotic butler of the house
Toyota, Amazon and intelligent car insurance that changes in real time
Toyota and Amazon agree to create a huge pool of vehicle data: it will lead to unthinkable services, and to intelligent and economical car insurance that will turn cars into "Big Sisters".
Woven City, Toyota is building a city of the future in Japan
Technology gym and city of the future. Toyota will transform a 70-hectare site in Woven City, an employee site that will adopt innovative solutions.
Toyota wipers will provide weather information
Connecting the Toyota wipers to the network to provide more detailed weather maps is part of a project with the Japanese company Weathernews.
Toyota sells Kirobo, a companion robot for the car
#Toyota has decided to produce and sell #Kirobo, a small "companion" #robot for drivers. In the last five years the car manufacturer has in fact invested around a billion dollars in studies on artificial intelligence and technology. The latest product will be Kirobo (which will be launched in January 2017), a robot designed to help drivers (and not just them). Kirobo will be sold directly in the brand's dealerships. The launch will take place first of all in Tokyo for almost 40 thousand yen (about 350… Read more
Toyota ready to launch partially automatic driving cars by 2015
Toyota Motor Corporation announces that it has developed a new generation of vehicles with an advanced driver support system. The system, called AHDA (Automated Highway Driving Assist) aims to reduce the workload and concentration load for drivers on the motorway: while driving, it activates a "cooperative-adaptive" driving control which communicates with the vehicle in front and with the which follows to optimally manage the safety distance. The company is still focused on offering the… Read more
Unboxed, how Tesla's new method will cut costs by 30%
The 'Unboxed' process implemented by Tesla reduces production costs by 30%: it will enhance the Model Y and drive a change in the entire industry.
3 reasons why electric car prices will be much lower than today
Economies of scale and new production technologies promise to significantly reduce electric car prices in the short term.
Is demand for electric vehicles really collapsing? Here's the truth
Tesla continues to grow, while Ford and GM struggle. Let's examine the data and dispel the myths about the demand for electric vehicles.
Elysium City, Spain is also designing the city of the future from scratch
Spain is building Elysium City, a city designed to be sustainable and in harmony with nature. Will it be different from Neom in Saudi Arabia?
The electric revolution: Hybrid, Full Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid, Full Electric
Full Hybrid, mild hybrid, electric, Plug-In Hybrid cars. The terms that describe the engines of electric and hybrid cars continue to increase; it is good to inform yourself to fully understand what these terms mean, so you can then decide how to choose. In recent years we have been experiencing a period of transition, in what many have long called the electric revolution. Changing doesn't necessarily mean changing your habits completely and you don't need to be too afraid of change. Of course it is… Read more
INNengine e-Rex, ingenious 'one-time' engine: runs on multiple fuels
The Spanish startup presents a compact and lightweight engine that can run on either hydrogen or petrol: ideal against the lack of infrastructure for alternative fuels.
Xiongan, the futuristic city that flexes China's "technological" muscles
Xiongan is a futuristic social gym, which will host 3 million inhabitants in a completely new urban context
