Toyota (Elli/Ereii worker-taught humanoid)

Robot maker or lab, HQ Japan, founded 1937.

Workers in

Japan

Scale

• Long-term plan of 400,000 robots; workers wear jigs to teach humanoids (2026-09-18)

Pay

• Regular employees teach as part of their job.

Events

• 2026-09-24 Saudi humanoid push: 10,000-unit Humanoid/QSS framework arabnews.com ↗ Secondary
• 2026-09-18 Toyota trains humanoids via worker-worn finger jigs asiae.co.kr ↗ Secondary
• 2025-10-09 Humanoid Everyday released arxiv.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2024-03-19 DROID released arxiv.org ↗ Major outlet

Sources

• Previously, Toyota has trained the robot by having workers wear devices modeled after Elli’s fingers while performing their regular tasks repeatedly.asiae.co.kr ↗ Secondary 2026-09-18

Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method