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Hyundai Motor Group puts Spot to work at Kia’s plant in South Korea

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Hyundai Motor Group introduced Factory Safety Service Robot, a robot for industrial site safety, and announced its pilot operation at Kia’s plant in South Korea. Through the pilot operation at Kia’s plant in South Korea, the Group will use the Robot to support late-night security patrols and create a safer environment for workers.

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Kia PBV concepts preview flexible electric vans, and a robotaxi

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While it’s already testing some of these ideas with the taxi-focused Niro Plus in South Korea, the first manufacturing step is Kia’s dedicated PBV factory , due to start production in 2025 set to make up to 150,000 vehicles annually. Kia PBV Concepts EVs that look beyond the skateboard platform?

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Roland Berger “Automotive Disruption Radar” focused on MADE: mobility, autonomy, digitalization, electrification

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Customers in Singapore and China express the strongest interest in new mobility concepts. 84% of study participants in Singapore and 83% in China said that they knew at least one person who had not bothered to buy their own car. In South Korea too (54%) more than half of respondents would consider an electric car.

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Video Friday: AcroMonk

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ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON Energy Drone & Robotics Summit : 10–12 June 2023, HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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Hyundai Reportedly Building N Vision 74

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Reports from South Korea are claiming that Hyundai will build a limited number of the N Vision 74, pegging the production figure at just 100 units. Now, we’re starting to see vehicles modeled inspired by cars that were made after the invention of the personal computer. Images: Hyundai Motor Group] Become a& TTAC insider.

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SEAT, Samsung and SAP partner on connected car technology

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The R&D teams of SEAT, Samsung and SAP are presenting several future connected car concepts at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The Samsung Pay platform, already deployed in South Korea and the US, will reach the European market in the coming months.

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Video Friday: Googly Eye

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MIT ] Half a century since the concept of a cyborg was introduced, digital cyborgs, enabled by the spread of wearable robotics, are the focus of much research in recent times. Can they help the average person beat a high jumper? Boston Dynamics ] What can robots actually do.today?