Hyundai says it will deploy humanoid robots at US factory

Hyundai Motor Group says it’s going to roll out human-like robots at a producing plant within the US state of Georgia, including to a listing of corporations racing to make use of the brand new know-how.

The South Korean agency confirmed off Atlas, a humanoid robotic developed by Boston Dynamics, on the Client Electronics Present (CES) in Las Vegas on Monday.

The announcement follows companies that plan to deploy humanoid robots on their manufacturing unit flooring, together with Amazon, Tesla and Chinese language automobile making big BYD.

Hyundai plans to deploy the robots on the similar plant that was concerned in a massive immigration raid in 2025 that led to arrests of lots of of employees, together with at the very least 300 South Korean residents.

The Atlas humanoids will start work in 2028 and progressively tackle extra duties, mentioned Hyundai. The agency owns a majority stake in Boston Dynamics, the know-how firm well-known for Spot the robot dog.

Atlas, which is designed for basic industrial use, is being developed to work alongside folks and autonomously handle machines.

Hyundai mentioned the robots will assist ease bodily pressure on human employees, deal with doubtlessly harmful duties and pave the way in which for wider use of the know-how.

The agency didn’t say what number of robots it could initially deploy or how a lot the undertaking will price.

Talking at CES, Hyundai’s vice chair, Jaehoon Chang, acknowledged issues that that human employees may lose their jobs to robots. However he mentioned folks will nonetheless be wanted prepare the robots, amongst different roles, the information company Reuters reported.

Monday’s announcement got here after Hyundai mentioned in 2025 that in would invest more than $20bn (£15.5bn) in the US, supporting President Donald Trump’s plans to spice up manufacturing within the nation.

The agency mentioned it could develop automobile manufacturing within the US and put money into autonomous driving know-how and synthetic intelligence (AI).

Elon Musk’s electrical carmaker Tesla has additionally invested closely in its humanoid robotic, Optimus.