Hyundai signs a deal with Boston Dynamics to deploy ‘tens of thousands’ of its Atlas humanoid robots in its factories around the world.
Hyundai to buy ‘tens of thousands’ of Boston Dynamics robots
Hyundai signs a deal with Boston Dynamics to deploy ‘tens of thousands’ of its Atlas humanoid robots in its factories around the world.
Hyundai to buy ‘tens of thousands’ of Boston Dynamics robots
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Hyundai employs 75,000 people globally. Approximately half in South Korea, and half in facilities across the U.S., China, India, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Russia, Brazil, and other locations.
It will be interesting to see if these robots supplement that workforce, or replace some of them. Honda says its newest car factory in China [needs 30% less staff thanks to AI & automation](https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/1js0xh6/honda_says_its_newest_car_factory_in_china_needs/), and its staff of 800 can produce 5 times more cars than the global average for the automotive industry.
Well I think we can say goodbye to the commenters who’ve been making increasingly fragile attempts to disparage the stage of the technology then
Hyundai owns BD and this was one of its intents in buying the company. Hyundai saw BD as a natural partner to its role as a global manufacturing conglomerate
Considering Hyundai own Boston Dynamics I am a little confused regarding the deal etc? I assume this is just a PR piece?
I can’t believe this is starting and we still haven’t settled on UBI.
I can’t stress enough how much faster this is happening than I ever anticipated. We are literally working ourselves out of work. We have no plans for after work.
This is the biggest issue of our era and we won’t even discuss it seriously.