Automotive Industry
Hyundai to Deploy Humanoid Robots at Assembly Plants
Engineers at Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute have achieved breakthrough in artificial intelligence and robotics research. Photo courtesy Toyota Research Institute
SEOUL, South Korea—Hyundai Motor Group says it will deploy humanoid robots at its factories beginning in 2028.
The South Korean automaker showed off Atlas, a humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this month in Las Vegas. Hyundai says it “plans to integrate Atlas across its global network,” including its new assembly plant in Georgia.
The Atlas robots will gradually take on more tasks. Hyundai owns a majority stake in Boston Dynamics, the technology company famous for Spot the robot dog. Atlas, which is designed for general industrial use, is being developed to work alongside people and autonomously manage machines.
Hyundai said the robots will help ease physical strain on human workers, handle potentially dangerous tasks, and pave the way for wider use of the technology.
The firm did not say how many robots it would initially deploy or how much the project will cost.
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