Boston Dynamics Debuts Tesla Optimus Rival Atlas Robot, Teams Up With Google DeepMind As Hyundai Prepares Deployment

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group-backed robotics company Boston Dynamics unveiled its Atlas humanoid robot, a competitor to Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Optimus, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026.

Boston Dynamics’ Tesla Bot rival Atlas will start building Hyundai cars in 2028

Hyundai said it plans on mass-producing Atlas as “production-ready humanoid robots” that will be put to work at the automaker’s car plants, starting with the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant in Savannah, Georgia. The company estimates it will produce 30,000 robots annually starting in 2028.
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XPeng CEO Says ‘The Robot That Mastered The Catwalk’ Was Built By China After Musk Flaunts Tesla’s Optimus

・XPeng unveiled its Iron humanoid robot at the 2025 AI Day with lifelike movement and in-house Turing AI chips. ・Musk called Tesla’s Optimus the company’s “biggest product of all time,” predicting tens of billions of units. ・Retail sentiment ...
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Hyundai unveils new humanoid robot to work in its car factories

The Seoul-based manufacturer initially plans to deploy its newest Atlas robot to handle highly repetitive tasks Read more at The Business Times.
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