Toyota Is Installing 400,000 Robots, But Humans Still Matter

• Toyota could spend roughly 1 trillion yen (about $6.4 billion) a year starting in 2028 on factory automation.
• It plans to deploy around 400,000 robots across its plants, group companies, and major suppliers.
• Toyota intends robots to work alongside takumi, handling repetitive tasks while people keep judgment calls.

Toyota has told investors that modernizing factories across its own operations, group companies and major suppliers could require about 400,000 robots and roughly 1 trillion yen ($6.4 billion) a year from 2028. The company has not committed to that level of spending.