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Toyota hones robotics for 2020 Olympics

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The Toyota T-TR1 is a remote location communication robot. It resembles an oversized upright vacuum cleaner with a tall vertical display screen where the dust bag would be. (HANS GREIMEL)
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By:
Hans Greimel
July 31, 2019 04:00 AM

TOKYO — Toyota, a top sponsor of next year's Summer Olympics in Tokyo, wants to roll out a fleet of high-tech robots for the games that will take visitors to their seats, distribute drinks, return thrown javelins from the field or even act as virtual immersive avatars for people unable to attend.

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