Editing Toyota (section)

===Robotics===
{{Main|Toyota Partner Robot}}
[[File:Toyota Robot at Toyota Kaikan.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Toyota trumpet-playing robot]]

In 2004, Toyota showcased its trumpet-playing robot.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2004 |title=Technology &#124; Robot trumpets Toyota's know-how |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3501336.stm |url-status=live |access-date=July 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214001813/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3501336.stm |archive-date=December 14, 2009}}</ref> Toyota has been developing multitask robots destined for [[elderly care]], manufacturing, and entertainment. A specific example of Toyota's involvement in robotics for the elderly is the Brain Machine Interface. Designed for use with wheelchairs, it "allows a person to control an electric wheelchair accurately, almost in real-time", with his or her mind.<ref name="popsci.com.au">{{Cite news |date=July 1, 2009 |title=Toyota Developing A Wheelchair Driven By The Mind |work=PopSci.com.au |url=http://www.popsci.com.au/scitech/article/2009-06/toyota-developing-wheelchair-driven-mind |url-status=dead |access-date=July 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401225049/http://www.popsci.com.au/scitech/article/2009-06/toyota-developing-wheelchair-driven-mind |archive-date=April 1, 2012}}</ref> The thought controls allow the wheelchair to go left, right, and forward with a delay between thought and movement of just 125&nbsp;milliseconds.<ref name="popsci.com.au" /> Toyota also played a part in the development of [[Kirobo]], a '[[robot]]ic [[astronaut]]'.

In 2017, the company introduced T-HR3, a humanoid robot with the ability to be remotely controlled. The robot can copy the motions of a connected person. The 2017 version used wires for the connection but the 2018 version used 5G from a distance up to {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Etherington |first=Darrell |year=2017 |title=You can virtually inhabit Toyota's new humanoid robot |work=[[TechCrunch]] |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/21/you-can-virtually-inhabit-toyotas-new-humanoid-robot/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206132847/https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/21/you-can-virtually-inhabit-toyotas-new-humanoid-robot/ |archive-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Heater |first=Brian |date=December 1, 2018 |title=Toyota taps Docomo&nbsp;5G to remotely control its humanoid robot |work=[[TechCrunch]] |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/30/toyota-taps-docomo-5g-to-remotely-control-its-humanoid-robot/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202131649/https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/30/toyota-taps-docomo-5g-to-remotely-control-its-humanoid-robot/ |archive-date=December 2, 2018}}</ref>