Taiwan electronics producer Foxconn, which assembles lot of products for firms including Apple, said it would sharply rise its use of automated equipment in its factories.
The company plans to have 300,000 robots by next year, Chairman Terry Gou was quoted as saying by local media.
Foxconn at spot has 10,000 machines doing basic manufacturing work.
The company has major labour issues in the past such as wage disputes, labour union and worker suicides.
The company has since announced a statement, saying that Mr Gou wanted to move 1 million employees "higher up the value chain".
In the statement, Mr Gou added that the move towards automation was aimed at shifting "workers from more routine tasks to more value-added positions in producing such as research and development, innovation and other areas that are equally important to the success of our operations".
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