CES 2026: Hyundai Motor Group leverages Group capabilities to lead the AI Robotics industry - hyundai.com
To achieve this, Boston Dynamics is partnering with Google DeepMind. This collaboration is founded on a powerful idea that a general purpose brain is most powerful when combined with a highly capable generalist body.
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At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, the industry showcased a surge of humanoid‑robot activity, with AMD announcing financial backing for Italy’s Generative Bionics and its Gene.01 robot slated for deployment later this year in industrial settings such as shipyards, while LG unveiled its CLOiD robot performing household chores. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang highlighted that humanoid robots are experiencing a “ChatGPT moment,” and Unitree Robotics displayed its $70,000 G1 model performing boxing and dance routines on the show floor. Hyundai Motor Group revealed a partnership with Boston Dynamics to commercialise the Atlas humanoid on factory floors, targeting initial roll‑outs from 2028 and a U.S. production facility capable of up to 30,000 units annually, and emphasized a human‑centred AI‑robotics approach that integrates Google DeepMind’s Gemini foundation models. A new Omdia report confirmed that China remains the global leader in humanoid‑robot shipments, with total deliveries climbing to 13,318 units in 2025—a nearly six‑fold year‑on‑year increase—led by Chinese vendors such as AGIBOT, Unitree, and UBTECH, while Boston Dynamics did not appear among the top‑ten shippers. Forbes echoed this Chinese dominance but noted Boston Dynamics’ recent Atlas demonstration at CES as a sign of rapid market evolution. Other CES demonstrations included Zeroth’s M1 home assistant for seniors, Intel’s RoBee robot on roller‑skates, and several service bots, though many still struggled with fully autonomous operation.
To achieve this, Boston Dynamics is partnering with Google DeepMind. This collaboration is founded on a powerful idea that a general purpose brain is most powerful when combined with a highly capable generalist body. By combining Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robots with Google DeepMind’s leading Gemini robotics AI foundation models, we aim to create new opportunities for AI Robotics beyond manufacturing to a much larger set of complex, real-work tasks.
This will pave the way for the successful large-scale deployment of robots as trusted and helpful partners to people. Carrying heavy objects that were once the duties of humans is just one example of its promise and potential. Aside from relieving humans of physically demanding or repetitive tasks, it can learn and adapt in its role as a workplace partner, becoming a trusted and dependable robotics colleague. This is our approach to human-centered AI Robotics: robots working for and with people as support.
This vision is becoming a reality through the development of the Atlas product, with plans to integrate them into the manufacturing system of HMG, which has an annual automotive sales target of 9.8 million units by 2030. Robotics
CES 2026: Hyundai Motor Group leverages Group capabilities to lead the AI Robotics industry
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At CES 2026, Hyundai Motor Group announced our commitment to building a Group Value Network for human-centered AI Robotics, bringing together the Group’s collective capabilities. Under our theme ‘Partnering Human Progress’, we outline our tangible plans to accelerate commercialization of human-centered AI Robotics—amplifying human potential and empowering people in both work and everyday life.
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