Hyundai intends to make 3 lakh electric and hybrid vehicles every year using Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robots.

Long confined to the lab, humanoids finally appear ready to work in manufacturing. There are just a few hurdles to get them ...

Boston Dynamics offers three robots for purchase. Spot, a dog-like robot, can be seen working to inspect vehicles on Hyundai's assembly line at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA).

Other famous robots include Spot, the Boston Dynamics dog look-alike, and SoftBank's Pepper, a perky robot assistant with a friendly face and a chest-mounted screen that works as a hotel concierge.

Hyundai uses Boston Dynamics' Spot robot dogs in factories and plans to deploy its Atlas humanoid robots in the future. Ford has also purchased Digit robots, the humanoid robot made by Agility ...

Likewise, each of the back legs hinges forward like those of a wolf or horse rather than the backwards-facing legs of the Boston Dynamics robot dog, Spot. The company adds that each of these rear ...

“Jump up to the microphones,” said keynote speaker Aaron Saunders, chief technology officer of Boston Dynamics ... robot, right, passes out company brochures to convention guest, with a dog ...

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That's a far cry from the breakneck galloping seen in the demo ... robots break speed records in short sprints, but those machines are much smaller and look more like Boston Dynamics' Spot ...