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Hyundai Motor Group Targets 25,000 Atlas Robots on Factory Floors and 30,000 a Year by 2028

The plan signals a shift from demonstrations to factory work.

Boston Dynamics says Atlas reduces the sim-to-real gap, improving real-world robot performance from simulation training.
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Atlas humanoid robots, developed by Hyundai Motor Group's subsidiary Boston Dynamics, are on display at the group's booth at the CES technology show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2026. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • Hyundai Motor Group detailed the push at a JPMorgan investor session Monday, saying it will deploy more than 25,000 Atlas humanoids across Hyundai and Kia plants and build capacity to make 30,000 robots per year by 2028.
  • Kia CEO Song Ho-sung said Atlas will start at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in Georgia in 2028 and reach Kia’s Georgia plant in 2029.
  • The companies will assign the robots to the toughest assembly jobs first and expand use over one to two years after gathering operating data and checking safety.
  • To support scaling, Hyundai plans U.S. production of core actuators that power robot joints, targeting more than 300,000 units a year to localize key parts of the supply chain.
  • Boston Dynamics recently showed Atlas lifting and moving a refrigerator using reinforcement learning, and field training at the Robotics and Metaplant Application Center is due to begin in the third quarter of 2026.