SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Zinc Co., a leading non-ferrous metal smelting company, said Tuesday it has adopted Spot, a four-legged walking robot developed by Boston Dynamics of the United States, to improve on-site safety at its plant in Onsan. Equipped with ultrasonic sensors, infrared cameras, gas detectors and acoustic sensors, Spot will [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A robot dog, made by a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has been deployed to beef up security at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s property in Florida, according to a news report. Made by Boston Dynamics, the remote controlled, four-legged robot was seen patrolling the sprawling Mar-a-Lago estate [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group said Friday it has launched a pilot project to deploy a robot to inspect safety at its factory, the first collaboration with U.S.-based startup Boston Dynamics. The automotive group said the factory safety service robot based on Boston Dynamic’s four-legged robot Spot went [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. robotics startup Boston Dynamics said Friday it will expand its partnership with South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group to integrate its robotics technologies in future mobility solutions and expand their applications in other industrial sectors. Boston Dynamics demonstrated its latest robotics technologies during an online media event after [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Monday its three affiliates and its chief have acquired a controlling stake in U.S.-based robotics firm Boston Dynamics, Inc. for US$880 million. The investment is part of the South Korean automaking group’s broader plans to strengthen its competitiveness in future mobility solutions. In December, the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said Friday its affiliates and its chairman will buy an 80-percent stake, worth up to 900 billion won (US$828 million), in U.S. robotics firm Boston Dynamics Inc. in the latest move to propel its future mobility business. The board of directors at Hyundai Motor [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, is in talks with Softbank Group Corp. to acquire a U.S.-based robotics company for US$1 billion, news reports said Tuesday, as it increases investments in future mobility solutions. Hyundai Motor is mulling acquiring a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics, and [...]