On November 5, Toyota announced a new round of organizational restructuring. The most notable move was to establish a dedicated robotics division and position this business as a “key pillar of future business.” The new department is directly led by the company's chief production officer, Takefumi Shiga. The main task is to promote the practical application, commercialization and large-scale deployment of robots on the production line. This is the first time that Toyota has divested the robotics business from the manufacturing system and upgraded it to a core strategic business segment along with electrification and software businesses. Toyota said in a statement that the robotics division was established to integrate robot research and development, which was previously scattered across different business lines, into a unified organizational structure. The Robotics Division will integrate robot-related teams previously scattered across production headquarters, advanced R&D centers, and Woven Group, covering the three major directions of industrial robots, humanoid robots, and service and nursing robots.

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