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Last week, Hyundai Motor Group announced a $21
billion investment in US operations from
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2025 to 2028, including some $6 billion
earmarked for strategic partnerships
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with US companies.
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As part of this new investment, Hyundai will
purchase tens of thousands of robots from
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Boston Dynamics, according to the robot maker.
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As part of the partnership, the carmaker plans
to help Boston Dynamics scale over the course
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of the next few years by integrating its
manufacturing capabilities.
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Together, the two hope to create one of the
biggest manufacturers of advanced mobile robots
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in the world.
Hyundai Motor acquired a majority interest in
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Boston Dynamics in 2021 from SoftBank, which
still owns 20% of the robot maker.
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At the time, Hyundai hoped to leverage its
manufacturing, logistics,
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and automation know-how to create a robotics
value chain.
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Hyundai already uses Boston’s Spot, the
company’s agile mobile robot that some say
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resembles a robotic dog for industrial
inspection and predictive maintenance at its
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facilities.
The automaker also plans to deploy Atlas,
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Boston’s humanoid robot, across its factories
in the future.
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About a year ago, Hyundai embarked on an effort
to test the latest version of Atlas to help
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build the next generation of automotive
manufacturing capabilities.
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During a recent all-employee town hall at
Boston Dynamics,
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vice chair of Hyundai Motor Group said Boston
Dynamics and robotics AI will play a crucial
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role in achieving the company’s goal of
changing the way vehicles are made.
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He said, quote, Physical AI and humanoid robots
will transform our business landscape to the
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next level.
Through our collaboration, we will expedite the
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process to achieve leadership in the robotics
industry.
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According to Goldman Sachs, the humanoid
robotics market will grow to more than $38
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billion by 2035.
The CEO of Boston Dynamics said,
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quote, the opportunity.
For advanced robots in the mobility industry is
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massive.
He went on to say that Hyundai Motor Group will
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become Boston’s biggest customer and help build
new AI policies.
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This partnership will also provide access to
Hyundai’s vast commercial network,
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establishing new customers for products like
Warehouse Robot Stretch and entering
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multilateral agreements through which the
companies can deliver.
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trucks, and EVs together late last week when
Hyundai celebrated the grand opening of the
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company’s $7.6 billion EV factory in Georgia,
Meta Plant America,
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Spot gave demonstrations to VIP guests.
The robot pup will be used for exterior quality
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inspection in the Meta plant’s weld shop, and
Atlas, the electric humanoid robot,
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will also be deployed at the plant in the
future.
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I’m David Manti.
This is manufacturing now.