CBS's 60 Minutes airs a segment Sunday featuring Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas performing real-world factory tasks at Hyundai's manufacturing plant near Savannah, Georgia, marking the first industrial deployment of the AI-powered robot.
Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics for $1.1 billion in 2021 and plans to deploy tens of thousands of robots across its facilities as part of its "Software-Defined Factory" strategy, with reports indicating automation could handle up to 40 percent of vehicle assembly operations.
The all-electric Atlas robot uses machine learning vision to autonomously lift heavy parts, install vehicle doors, and adapt to environmental changes, competing with Tesla's Optimus and other humanoid robots in the expanding industrial robotics market.
