Hyundai Introduces Its Next-Gen Atlas Robot at CES 2026

We've been working on humanoids for more

than a decade at Boston Dynamics, always

keeping a close watch on when the

missing pieces of technology would fall

into place to make it truly commercially

viable. The rapid advancements in AI

over the past few years are the piece

that we needed, and that moment is

finally here. Now, it's time to

officially take Atlas out of the lab.

So, for the first time ever in public,

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

Atlas to the stage.

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>> So, as you can see, Atlas really does

stand up the way that we show in our

videos online, and we get tons of

questions about this. Zack, while we

have everyone here, do you want to

provide a little bit of insight into how

[music] we made that decision? I mean,

it's pretty simple. Atlas doesn't have

to move like a person does, and we're

looking for the most stable, efficient

way to get up, and it turns out this is

it.

The other question we get all the time

is how Atlas is moving.

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>> How is Atlas moving today? [music] So,

in normal operation, Atlas is fully

autonomous on a job site, but today,

Sarvesh, one of our FAEs, is piloting

Atlas on the stage, giving it really

simple instructions like forwards and

backwards, just to keep things simple.

This is Atlas's first time in public,

and as you can see, its walk is pretty

natural and pretty smooth. We've

partnered with our sister organization,

the Robotics and AI Institute, to push

the limits on natural walking just for

this performance, and I think we've done

something really special.

We've also been at this robotics thing

for a while, and we've learned that

there's more to it than just copying

nature. We can pick the best parts of

what nature has to offer and do better

in others. So, as you can see, Atlas

here has joints that can move 360°.

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This lets Atlas move even more

efficiently than humans, particularly in

manufacturing environments where every

second counts.

We've also designed Atlas's head and

face very purposefully. [music]

We want folks working with Atlas to know

that Atlas is a helpful robot, not a

person.

Seeing Atlas live in action for the

first time is wildly exciting.

But seeing it perform real industrial

work is even more compelling.

We recently took this robot down to the

Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America

to have Atlas test in a real

manufacturing facility, where we

performed autonomous uh material

handling tasks. We proved that humanoids

could be viable in a real-world

application.

And we collected data and learnings that

we took back to Boston to make our

product even better. The version of

Atlas that you're seeing here is just a

research prototype that we've been using

for a couple years to understand the

system. But we've been hard at work on

making the actual product version of

Atlas. I can confidently say that this

product version of Atlas is the best and

actually simplest robot that we have

ever built. But rather than just talk

about it, why don't we actually show you

what it's going to look like?

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>> Now, obviously, this is a static display

robot. We just couldn't pry the actual

production samples out of our engineers'

hands at the lab this week. Um so, we're

going to be showing you videos of that

robot in the coming weeks.

This product generation of Atlas

surpasses any other enterprise-grade

humanoid. This robot has 56 degrees of

freedom, mostly with fully rotational

joints, and it has human-scale hands

with tactile sensing in the fingers and

palms for dexterous manipulation.

Atlas's 360° cameras see in all

directions, so it understands when

people are approaching, which is part of

our holistic safety concept.

Atlas is also strong. It can lift up to

110 lb and reach up to 7.5 ft in the

air.

Atlas is also water resistant. In real

industrial environments, robots need to

undergo washdowns, and it can operate at

its full capabilities, including

strength, between -4 and 104°

Fahrenheit.

It's going to be easy to teach Atlas new

tasks. Most can be trained in less than

a day.

Atlas can perform these tasks at a

reliable, consistent pace for about 4

hours using its dual swappable

batteries, and when they run low, Atlas

navigates back to its charging station

and swaps its own batteries, getting

right back to work.

Finally, Atlas robots share

intelligence. Through our Orbit

platform, once one Atlas learns a skill,

it can be shared with any other Atlas.

These industry-leading specs, along with

our industry-leading foundation models,

allow Atlas to take on challenging

tasks.

Tasks that Atlas will do autonomously,

on its own, from day one.

Assisting people and prioritizing a

collaborative, human-centric approach.

And as we continue to build out our

general-purpose technology, our

customers will be able to use our Orbit

software to teach Atlas new and

specialized skills.

Do you want to wrap us up by talking

about our production and deployment

plans? Of course. So, we've already

started production of this new robot at

our Boston headquarters, and our entire

2026 supply has already been allocated

to Hyundai Motor Group and our new AI

partner you'll hear about in a few

minutes. We'll add more new customers in

2027.

But for now, we're planning additional

pilots at Hyundai Motor Group and

building a facility that we call the

Hyundai Robotics Metaplant Application

Center. This center is the cornerstone

of our plan to build the most complete

data set in the world to train humanoid

skills in manufacturing, creating an

engine for deploying tens of thousands

of Atlas robots across Hyundai Motor

Group facilities worldwide. It's a data

factory.

Hyundai Motor Group isn't just deploying

the Atlas robots, either. They are going

to build them.

Together, we are building a new robotics

factory capable of producing 30,000

Atlas robots a year.

This is what's truly required to deliver

the full promise of humanoids across the

industrial, commercial, and home

markets.

We are so excited to bring Atlas into

the world.