Hyundai plans to manufacture 30,000 Atlas robots a year starting in 2028 at its high-tech Georgia auto factory.

The company says Atlas will be trained to work in its auto plants, adopting the same strategy that Tesla is using to validate its "Optimus" humanoid. Hyundai says it will build 30,000 robots globally by 2028, with a big robotics plant coming to America around then.

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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.