Hyundai is combining automotive manufacturing with robotics to shape the future of intelligent mobility.
Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer founded in 1967 and one of the world’s largest vehicle producers. Beyond automotive manufacturing, Hyundai has become a major force in robotics through its acquisition of Boston Dynamics and its long-term investments in autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and advanced mobility technologies. The company views robotics as a core pillar of its future business, integrating humanoid robots, autonomous logistics systems, and AI-driven automation into manufacturing and smart mobility. Through Boston Dynamics and its own robotics initiatives, Hyundai is helping accelerate the commercial deployment of advanced humanoid robots across industrial environments while expanding its vision of software-defined mobility
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Hyundai published an official newsroom feature explaining how Hyundai Motor and Boston Dynamics taught Atlas to execute football drills using motion capture, retargeting, reinforcement learning in cloud simulation, and sim-to-real transfer. The article says 24 hours of simulation gave Atlas the equivalent of a full year of physical trial and error.
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