This week, Toyota revealed its Kirobo Mini robot. Clocking in at all of 10 centimetres in height, the little robot seems a marked departure from what the Japanese car manufacturer is most known for.

Engage in casual conversation, backed by gestures and the ability to respond to user emotions Grow and provide tailored companionship by remembering user preferences and past events Be taken just ...

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 ...

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 ...

What do you do when your home country is experiencing both low birth rates and an increasingly aging population? Why, build the public a robot companion, of course! In fact, that’s what Toyota just ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toyota has recently unveiled the Kirobo Mini at the Tokyo Motor Show. The small robot is designed to keep the driver from dozing off or being bored while driving. Kirobo Mini is part of the Toyota ...

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp wants consumers to connect with mini talking robots. The talking robot called Kirobi Mini, whose name comes from “hope,” is just as smart as a 5-year-old. The ...

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 ...