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The Toyota Research Institute is beginning research this month in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence.

One of TRI's headlining goals is the development of self-driving vehicles. However, TRI's other main purpose is developing tools to expand Toyota Mobility for in-home use.

This Human Support Robot (HSR) may not look like much. All it is is a single grasping arm on a telescoping body.

What can it do?

It picks objects up, and sets them down again. It can grab items from the floor, or from high spaces.

This might not sound like much, until you have…

On this episode of Dirt Every Day, reviewers test out the new Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, not on a closed test track, but across the entire country. Check out their border-to-border road trip, as they travel a 35,000 mile diagonal, hitting up all the terrain along the way.

First, they start out slow. They stop off at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Texas to see how their truck was made. They note how, unlike many off-roading trucks that need modification, or dealership-installed packages, the TRD Pro series comes straight from the factory ready to hit the mountains.

At Marion Toyota, we've received insider information regarding Marty McFly's impending arrival in the future... which is now the present. Very confusing. Either way, in Back to the Future II, when Marty travels thirty years from 1985, he arrives on October 21, 2015. We can't wait to find out what Toyota has brewing for this date. We have a feeling it will be nothing short of elevating. Check out the video below for a sneak peek!

While the midsize sedan segment is brimming with stylish and sporty offerings, they still have been unable to overtake the Toyota Camry. The reason, as it were, is quite simple: the Camry doesn't just offer all the things that make a midsize sedan awesome, but it has a long legacy of reliability.

Toyota has been testing a new automated driving test vehicle called Highway Teammate, with the aim of launching related products by around 2020. In addition to demonstrating the capabilities of next-generation safety technologies, the vehicle represents Toyota's view of the evolving driver-car relationship in the age of artificial intelligence.

Toyota believes that interactions between…

Your Toyota truck is tough-- nigh unstoppable. Because it can survive so much abuse, it might end up looking a little worse for wear on the outside. Just take this segment of Top Gear for example.

Top Gear host, Jeremy Clarkson, wanted to know just how much it would take to kill a Toyota. To get it to stop running and never start up again.

He found that physical abuse just wouldn't cut it-- he ran it down stairs, and into walls and trees, yet all the important engine parts stayed in place.

So he got clever. Salt water…

Think about the investment you make when you drive off in a Toyota Prius. You are reducing your impact and carbon footprint on the world, leaving the environment a better place for your children and your grandchildren.

You are also investing in excellent gas savings over the life of the car. Naturally, the amount you save depends on how long your hybrid lasts.

Bob Old has been driving the same Toyota Prius since 2004, and he's racked up even more miles. He'll be taking the car in for its 43rd service appointment soon, at the 435,000 mile…

What do we at Marion Toyota like about our small, yet stout sedan, the 2015 Toyota Corolla? Truth be told, just about everything. It's just that good.

Should that response not suffice, the video review below will likely do the trick. Give it a gander to discover what this snazzy sedan has in store:

There are two engine options within the Corolla lineup. The base is a 1.8-liter four-cylinder that's rated at a respectable 132 horsepower and 128 pound-feet of torque.

Fuel for the 2016 Toyota Mirai is in your drinking water. We're not talking about a disastrous fuel spill-- this hydrogen fuel cell vehicle's fuel comes from the water!

The name gives it all away. Hydrogen. Hydro. Gen. Hydro is from the Greek root for water, and Gen is from the Greek root for creator. So hydrogen means "water-creator."

In fact, when you burn hydrogen in a fuel cell like the Mirai uses, all you get left over is water. No more harmful emissions.

 

Whether the weather be cold, whether the weather be hot, your TrueStart battery will never fail, whether the weather likes it or not! Okay, tongue twisters aside, having your battery stop working because of extreme temperatures is never a good thing. So make that futile key-cranking a thing of the past when you choose to install a TrueStart battery in your Toyota vehicle! Offering exceptional performance in all extremes, you'll make it to you…