Toyota CUE7

2026-04-12 · Publisher : Toyota · Domain : Robotics

Toyota presents CUE7, the seventh generation of its basketball robot, at Toyota Arena Tokyo. Slimmed down from 120 to 74 kg, it adopts an inverted-pendulum two-wheel structure and combines reinforcement learning with model predictive control.

### Background On April 12, 2026, Toyota presented CUE7 at Toyota Arena Tokyo, the seventh generation of the basketball robot that started as a side project of the group's engineers. The Toyota Frontier Research Center describes a leap in motion capabilities. ### Specifications | Item | Announced value | |---|---| | Mass | 74 kg, down from 120 kg | | Mobility | inverted-pendulum two-wheel structure | | Control | hybrid: reinforcement learning and model predictive control (MPC) | | Perception | vision to detect the basket and estimate distance | The robot adjusts its posture, arm position and shot strength in real time, learning from its mistakes. ### Why it matters The CUE line is Toyota's testbed for vision, motion planning and control. CUE3 set a Guinness World Record of 2,020 consecutive free throws in 2019; CUE6 took the record for the longest shot in 2024. With CUE7, Toyota moves from a heavy, static machine to a mobile, dynamic robot, with know-how that can transfer to other robots. ### Key takeaways CUE7 is not a commercial product, but it shows how a Japanese carmaker builds embodied AI building blocks (learned control, wheeled mobility) away from the industrial humanoid race.

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