But if you shrink that robot down, give it the ambulatory capabilities of a human and bathe the whole thing in AI, Hyundai reckons it can replace the most unreliable element of the modern assembly line: the human laborer. Enter Atlas, one of those humanoid ‘bots I mentioned up top there. As it turns out, Atlas can do more than dodge a hockey stick.

A Hyundai-owned business, Boston Dynamics, unveiled its humanoid robot, Atlas, for the first time on Monday, announcing its plans to manufacture 30,000 robot units annually by 2028. The humanoid

Guangzhou Auto Group is set to begin small-scale production of its humanoid robot, GoMate, in 2026. The robot has already been shown in demo environments and is now being prepared for real industrial use. The company is focusing on automotive and logistics applications.