Toyota advances humanoid robot strategy, plans to deploy 400,000 robots

Toyota is commercializing two decades of robotics R&D, planning to deploy 400,000 robots backed by $6.4 billion a year in investment for factory automation, with a dedicated team coordinated by its chief production officer. In April this year Toyota showcased Cue7, an AI-equipped humanoid robot; in July Walden Robotics, spun off from Toyota's AI robotics business, completed a $300 million funding round at a post-money valuation of $1.1 billion, and its general-purpose robots are already deployed at Toyota's North American factories.