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Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won't be replaced

September 22

Toyota workers are already helping to train humanoid robots as part of the automaker’s race to eventually deploy 400,000 factory robots—but a Toyota executive said the robotic push is not meant to…

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