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Hyundai Motor Deploys Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot at Factory

Hyundai Motor Deploys Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot at Factory

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 [...]

Boston Dynamics Eyes Expanded Partnership with Hyundai Motor

Boston Dynamics Eyes Expanded Partnership with Hyundai Motor

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 [...]

Hyundai Motor Buys U.S. Robotics Firm from Softbank for US$880 mln

Hyundai Motor Buys U.S. Robotics Firm from Softbank for US$880 mln

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 [...]

Hyundai Motor Mulls Acquiring US Robotics Firm from Softbank

Hyundai Motor Mulls Acquiring US Robotics Firm from Softbank

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 [...]