Three years ago a small robot called Kirobo blasted into space, headed for the International Space Station. When it arrived, the 34-cm-tall, Toyota-made android became best buddies with Japanese ...

Perhaps the most adorable presentation at the Tokyo Motor Show this week comes from Toyota in the form of Kirobo Mini. This little monster is part of the Toyota Heart Project, created after the return ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

Toyota has developed a 4-inch-high robot companion named Kirobo Mini, which will roll out across Japan in 2017. It’s supposed to provide companionship to lonely oldsters in notoriously low-birthrate ...

You may have heard that Toyota will debut three new concept cars at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show. Traditionally, while some of the vehicles slated to go on display represent stunning new technologies, ...

From car accessory/companion to a surrogate baby. That's a rather big leap for such a small robot. And yet that seems to be one of the new missions of the Kirobo Mini, the baby version of Toyota's ...

Gearing up for this week’s CEATEC trade show in Tokyo, Toyota on Monday announced that its compact-sized Kirobo Mini, pitched as a “communication partner,” will go on sale early next year in Japan.

TOKYO — Robotics, artificial intelligence and connectivity are the buzzwords of the day. So when Toyota Motor Corp. offered reporters in Japan a chance to take home its first retail-ready robot, the ...

Toyota has announced a new mini robot that it will launch in Japan, the Toyota Kirobo Mini, and the robot will retail for around £300. The Toyota Kirobo Mini will be launching in Japan next year, and ...

A potentially significant moment in history will occur in the first few months of 2017 as Toyota's Kirobo Mini companion robot is released commercially. To be fully unveiled to the world tomorrow at ...

Driving can sometimes be a solitary affair, heading from place to place with only the road and the radio for company, but that could change with Kirobo Mini. It’s a small robot developed by Toyota ...

If you're tired of lonely drives and pine for a 10cm-tall companion that could sit in your Prius' cup holder, well, does Toyota ever have the product for you. The world's biggest car company will sell ...