Daily Technology
·23/12/2025
Hyundai Motor Group will place its new humanoid robot, Atlas, on centre stage at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026. The step shows how car makers and tech firms now blend artificial intelligence with advanced machines.
Robots are entering factories and homes faster than before. Firms in every sector now spend more on research so that early prototypes turn into machines that work at scale. By showing Atlas in public, Hyundai signals that it wants to move advanced robotics out of the lab and into everyday industry and public service.
Boston Dynamics built Atlas to cope with real places like factory floors, logistics hubs and, one day, public areas. Full numbers will arrive at CES 2026 - yet the planned demos will stress agile movement, skilful handling but also safe teamwork with people. When set beside earlier humanoids like Honda's ASIMO or SoftBank's Pepper, Atlas carries more mature AI for perception and motion - it can tackle harder tasks and respond to changing situations.
Observers expect Atlas to match or beat today's commercial benchmarks for uptime, precise handling as well as dynamic navigation. If it does, the robot will raise the bar for what automated plants regard as normal productivity and safety.
Hyundai Motor Group is building one company wide AI robotics network. It links every robot to software defined factories so that production, automation or machine intelligence operate as a single system. Other firms often bolt robots onto isolated lines or limit automation to narrow tasks. Hyundai's plan seeks to set new norms for full scale deployment, growth and cross-system compatibility.
The CES 2026 keynote will let Hyundai show both technical progress and strategic direction in the shifting mobility and tech arena. Heavy spending on robots underlines its shift from building cars only toward becoming a full mobility and technology supplier. Public appearances of Atlas should sway investor trust next to shape industry norms.
In short, the first display of Atlas shows Hyundai's push to lift robotics performance and weave robots into daily work, a move that may redraw the place of humanoid machines in industry plus wider society.









