Overview
- Hyundai announced at CES 2026 in Las Vegas that mass production has started on its on-device AI chip, officially named Edge Brain.
- The ultra low-power chip processes perception and decision-making directly on robots without cloud or network connections, improving speed and data security.
- Designed for connectivity-challenged spaces, the chip targets use in locations such as underground parking facilities, logistics centers and industrial sites.
- The technology has been field-tested since June 2024 in the Facey facial-recognition system and the DAL-e delivery robot, with sequential rollout planned for AI security and next-generation mobile robots.
- Hyundai plans to install the chip in mass-produced robots this year and expand deployments to airports, hospitals and hotels as part of a broader push to scale a ‘physical AI’ ecosystem, with longer-term capacity targets through 2030.