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Hyundai Completes Full Boston Dynamics Acquisition and Targets 30,000 Robots a Year by 2028
Hyundai Motor Group has completed its full acquisition of Boston Dynamics after SoftBank exercised its put option on the remaining 9.65% stake, making Hyundai the sole owner of the Waltham, Massachusetts robotics company. The move consolidates Hyundai's physical AI strategy, which includes a target of 30,000 robots per year by 2028 at its Georgia Metaplant, a KRW 9 trillion (approximately US$6.24 billion) AI and robotics hub in Saemangeum, and a commitment to 50,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs.
Hyundai Puts a Number on Its Robot Future: 30,000 Units a Year in America by 2028
Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun used the San Francisco AI Summit to declare the group's evolution into a physical AI solutions company, backed by the most specific capacity commitment any automaker has made in humanoid robotics: a United States production system capable of building 30,000 robots a year by 2028. The plan centers on Boston Dynamics' electric Atlas humanoid, 50,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, a Google DeepMind model partnership, and roughly US$5.97 billion for a Saemangeum AI Valley in Korea that includes contract robot manufacturing for smaller firms.
Hyundai Shareholders Pursue SoftBank’s Remaining Boston Dynamics Stake
Hyundai Motor Group is pursuing the acquisition of SoftBank's remaining stake in Boston Dynamics following a put option exercise, as the automaker prepares to deploy the Atlas humanoid robot in its US manufacturing facilities by 2028.
Atlas Drops a Pinky to Make a Factory Hand
Boston Dynamics put a 13-joint, four-finger hand on Atlas. Korean business press carried the disclosure on 2 October, a day after the local reveal.
Doosan Robotics Names Youngmin Kwon as New CEO
Doosan Robotics appointed Youngmin Kwon, former president of Doosan Mottrol, as CEO on October 1, as Samsung, Hyundai and Hanwha all race to build out rival robotics divisions.
HD Hyundai Robotics Pushes Humanoid AI Into Its Cobot Line
HD Hyundai Robotics' CTO says physical AI developed for its prototype humanoid will be re-engineered into its HDC collaborative robots, as the company targets over half of Korea's high-payload cobot market by 2030.
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Marc Raibert's Next Robot Company Isn't Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics licensed a category to two of its own alumni and let founder Marc Raibert write a personal angel check. NEURA Robotics bought a rival outright. Palladyne AI and FANUC America partnered as equals. A column on the three structures physical-AI companies used this week to grow into capabilities they lacked, and what each one means for a buyer's due diligence.
Robotics Capital Shifts to Factory Integration
Capital allocation in advanced robotics is shifting from valuation stories to control of factory integration, software capability, and deployment operations. Hyundai's proposed ownership consolidation around Boston Dynamics and Agility Robotics' expansion of its physical AI capacity show that investors now value the operational systems required to make robots perform reliable work. The market is placing an execution premium on firms that can connect a robot platform to repeatable customer outcomes.
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