- Hyundai Motor Group presents sensible situations for utilizing AI robotics in each day life and work environments, together with the transformative potential of bodily AI, by way of interactive demonstrations and experiences
- The Group hosts hourly know-how shows with detailed explanations to assist guests higher perceive the showcased improvements
- The exhibition introduces core merchandise and associated applied sciences main the long run AI robotics ecosystem:
- The Atlas prototype and the Atlas product designed for real-world deployment
- Spot built-in with Orbit AI, a devoted software program platform for robotics
- The Group presents a handy and sensible future enabled by AI robotics know-how:
- MobED business fashions and ideas combining prime modules relevant to varied situations
- The charging of the IONIQ 5 RoboTaxi utilizing the Computerized Charging Robotic and parking the EV6 utilizing a Parking Robotic
- The Group showcases AI robotics purposes for a protected and environment friendly working atmosphere:
- Palms-on experiences with X-ble Shoulder and demonstrating the standard inspection course of utilizing Spot AI Keeper
- Autonomous logistics atmosphere by way of demonstrations of Stretch, collaborative robots, and autonomous cell robots
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is showcasing a complete lineup of cutting-edge merchandise and built-in applied sciences set to spearhead the AI robotics ecosystem at CES 2026 from January 6–9 on the Las Vegas Conference Middle (LVCC), West Corridor. The Group’s 1,836-square-meter sales space options numerous exhibitions, permitting attendees to immediately expertise the most recent developments in AI robotics know-how.
Notable shows embody next-generation robots corresponding to Atlas, Spot, and Cellular Eccentric Droid (MobED), that are demonstrated by way of situations highlighting their sensible purposes in each day life and work environments. The reveals concentrate on showcasing the transformative potential of bodily AI by way of immersive demonstrations and interactive experiences.
Unveiling Core Merchandise and Applied sciences to Lead the AI Robotics Ecosystem
The Tech Lab zone, designed to copy an AI robotics analysis atmosphere, presents guests the chance to expertise key improvements anticipated to form the long run AI robotics ecosystem. These embody the Atlas prototype, the Atlas product and demonstrations of Spot powered by Orbit AI options.
The Atlas prototype is an early-stage mannequin designed to check core features required for future merchandise. That includes joints able to 360-degree rotation, it permits pure strolling and environment friendly, secure motion, permitting for totally autonomous operation at worksites.
Making its debut at CES 2026, the Atlas product is a fruits of Boston Dynamics’ in depth expertise. Geared up with autonomous studying capabilities and the flexibleness to adapt to any working atmosphere, it’s optimized for max effectivity in real-world manufacturing settings.
The brand new mannequin options 56 levels of freedom (DoF)[1], permitting most joints to rotate totally. It’s geared up with tactile sensors in human-sized arms and a 360-degree digicam, enabling it to understand its environment in all instructions with ease.
Moreover, the robotic has the facility to elevate as much as 50 kg (roughly 110 kilos) and might attain a peak of two.3m (about 7.5 toes). It boasts distinctive sturdiness, working at full capability in excessive environments starting from -20°C to 40°C (-4°F to 104°F). It is usually waterproof, making it washable as wanted.
As an industrial robotic, it may possibly carry out all kinds of duties, from materials dealing with to precision meeting. Remarkably, it may possibly study most duties inside a single day. Furthermore, when the battery runs low, the robotic is designed to autonomously transfer to a charging station, change its battery, and instantly resume operations.
The Group has set the purpose of mass-producing the Atlas Prototype to deploy it on a big scale in industrial environments, making it a commercially viable humanoid robotic.
On the Tech Lab, guests can witness a dwell demonstration of the next-generation electrical Atlas analysis prototype precisely performing sequencing duties[2].
The exhibition additionally options Boston Dynamics’ quadruped robotic Spot, demonstrating facility administration and inspection duties in industrial environments utilizing Orbit AI.
Orbit AI is a devoted software program platform for Boston Dynamics robots, providing distant management and real-time monitoring, AI-based anomaly detection, and information evaluation with insights, enabling environment friendly robotic administration and operation.
Bodily archives tracing the evolution of Atlas and Spot — from early analysis fashions to the current — are additionally on show.
Enabling a Handy and Clever Every day Life with AI Robotics
At CES 2026, the Group is presenting numerous purposes of AI robotics options which remodel each day life.
Amongst these on show is the commercialized mannequin of the next-generation mobility robotic platform MobED, together with top-module–mixed idea fashions developed to be used in numerous industrial environments corresponding to supply and logistics. Guests can even see numerous driving demonstrations showcasing its autonomous driving know-how.
MobED is a compact mobility platform geared up with an revolutionary wheel drive system. First launched as an idea at CES 2022, it has advanced right into a commercialized mannequin following roughly 4 years of improvement, appropriate for numerous enterprise and each day environments.
Based mostly on Drive-and-Raise (DnL) modules, MobED options 4 independently pushed wheels and an eccentric[3] posture management mechanism. Every wheel is provided with three motors that deal with driving, steering and eccentric features, permitting the physique to tilt as wanted. This allows secure steadiness on uneven or sloped surfaces and permits MobED to beat curbs as much as 20 cm in peak.
A mounting rail on the highest of MobED permits numerous gadgets to be simply hooked up relying on utilization, whereas devoted ports allow prime modules to be powered and managed utilizing the built-in battery and controller.
The commercialized fashions of MobED are divided into two lineups: Primary and Professional.
The Primary mannequin is designed for analysis and improvement functions to implement autonomous driving robots. It serves as an experimental platform, permitting analysis establishments or builders who buy the robotic to use their very own custom-developed autonomous driving software program as wanted.
The Professional mannequin, then again, is an autonomous driving platform geared up with superior capabilities. It options AI-based algorithms and autonomous driving applied sciences that combine LiDAR and digicam sensors, enabling it to acknowledge individuals and obstacles. The Professional mannequin can safely and effectively navigate complicated and numerous environments, together with indoor and out of doors areas, for duties corresponding to logistics supply, filming, and common mobility. Moreover, it contains an intuitive and user-friendly controller, permitting anybody to simply expertise and function its autonomous driving know-how.
MobED measures 74 cm in width and 115 cm in size, with a most velocity of 10 km/hour. It could function for greater than 4 hours of operation on a single cost and presents a most payload capability starting from 47 kg to 57 kg, relying on the lineup.
At CES 2026, the Group unveiled 5 conceptual fashions combining prime modules, together with MobED Choose & Place, MobED Supply, MobED Golf, and MobED City Hopper, amongst others.
The MobED Choose & Place and MobED Supply fashions are designed to help environment friendly supply and logistics operations. The MobED Golf presents a hands-free, handy {golfing} expertise, whereas the MobED City Hopper is optimized as a scooter for city mobility.
Moreover, the Group showcased the IONIQ5 RoboTaxi, developed in collaboration with Motional and primarily based on the IONIQ 5.
The IONIQ 5 RoboTaxi is provided with autonomous driving know-how co-developed by the Group and Motional. It achieves Degree 4 autonomy as per the requirements of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Degree 4 autonomy means the automobile’s automated system can understand, make selections, and drive independently, even dealing with emergencies with out requiring driver intervention.
The IONIQ 5 RoboTaxi, Motional’s first totally driverless business autonomous automobile, is ready to formally launch its ride-hailing service for most of the people in Las Vegas, USA, beginning this yr.
On the exhibition, the Group is demonstrating the method of charging the IONIQ 5 RoboTaxi utilizing its Computerized Charging Robotic (ACR), in addition to parking a Kia EV6 in a good house utilizing Hyundai WIA’s Parking Robotic, capturing the eye of holiday makers.
The ACR options an IP65-rated waterproof and dustproof design, enabling it to function in harsh climate circumstances corresponding to rain or snow, and in temperatures starting from -20°C to 50°C (-4°F to 122°F). This ensures secure electrical automobile charging providers even at out of doors charging stations.
Hyundai WIA’s Parking Robotic is an clever parking system able to transferring automobiles weighing as much as 3.4 tons. With its capacity to regulate over 100 robots concurrently, the system maximizes house utilization not solely in city parking environments but in addition in industrial settings.
A Safer and Extra Environment friendly Office Enabled by AI Robotics Expertise
The Group can be highlighting how AI robotics know-how is being immediately utilized to industrial websites to create safer and extra environment friendly working environments.
Guests are given the chance to attempt on the commercial wearable robotic, X-ble Shoulder, in an exhibition zone replicating meeting and inspection processes from manufacturing websites. For the demonstration, attendees can expertise an overhead job simulation for the E-GMP platform.
The X-ble Shoulder, developed with proprietary know-how from the Group’s Robotics LAB and at present in mass manufacturing, helps employees’ shoulder energy throughout overhead duties. By lowering musculoskeletal pressure, it minimizes the chance of employee harm, decreases fatigue, and improves productiveness.
The standout function of the X-ble Shoulder is its design, which generates torque with out requiring energy. This makes it light-weight and eliminates the necessity for charging, leading to simple upkeep and administration.
Moreover, it incorporates a muscle compensation module that gives help, lowering the load on employees’ shoulder joints by as much as 60% and reducing anterior and lateral deltoid activation by as much as 30%.
Moreover, the AI Keeper, primarily based on Boston Dynamics’ Spot, demonstrated its capacity to collaborate with employees to carry out exact meeting and inspection duties.
The AI Keeper is an clever high quality inspection answer the place Spot autonomously detects meeting defects on an automotive manufacturing line. Based mostly on the inspection outcomes, it permits quick corrective actions. This automates the meeting high quality inspection course of and permits exact checks even for hard-to-reach inner automobile parts.
As well as, Boston Dynamics’ Stretch, a logistics loading and unloading robotic, together with Hyundai WIA’s Collaborative Robotic (Cobot) and Autonomous Cellular Robotic (AMR), are being showcased in a logistics demonstration involving loading, transportation, and unloading duties. These demonstrations spotlight the creation of a contemporary, automated logistics and manufacturing atmosphere.
The clever logistics robotic Stretch makes use of superior AI to mechanically detect and unload items, making certain secure operations even in numerous container and trailer environments. Designed for fast deployment, it permits environment friendly and steady logistics operations. At present, international purchasers corresponding to DHL and Hole are using this robotic of their operations.
Cobot is an industrial robotic designed to soundly collaborate with people in the identical workspace. It options six-axis joints, permitting free motion in three-dimensional house and the flexibility to study work paths. It could carry out a variety of duties, from palletizing to precision processes corresponding to meeting, packaging, and inspection.
In the meantime, AMR relies on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) know-how, using LiDAR sensors and 3D depth cameras. It independently acknowledges its environment and obstacles to pick out optimum journey paths, enhancing the effectivity of logistics operations. The AMR is at present getting used throughout all the manufacturing course of at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA).
In the meantime, the Group is internet hosting hourly know-how shows at its sales space, that includes real-time demonstrations and in-depth explanations of its Atlas, Spot, and MobED robots. Notably, the performances by Spot and MobED are receiving important reward and enthusiasm from attendees.
[1] “Levels of Freedom” refers back to the variety of impartial variables in a system that may transfer or change.
[2] Refers back to the motion of choosing up components from one shelf and sorting them onto one other shelf.
[3] A construction the place a set bar is hooked up to a place offset from the middle of the disc (wheel). Notable examples embody steam engines and bicycle wheels.
