[CES 2022] Chairman Chung Euisun: "Hyundai Motor Robotics Will Liberate Human Mobility"

Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Euisun Presents Vision
Returns After 2 Years with 'Spot'
"Expanding Mobility Experience to Metamobility"

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[Las Vegas (USA) = Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] "The robotics vision will enable humanity's infinite mobility and progress."

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun unveiled the robotics vision under the theme "Expanding Human Reach" at the press conference of CES 2022, the world's largest electronics and IT exhibition, held on the 4th (local time) at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA.

Chairman Chung appeared at the press conference alongside Boston Dynamics' robot dog, Spot. When Chairman Chung stepped onto the podium and said, "Thank you, Spot, you are a good friend," Spot exited on its own.

Regarding why robotics, rather than the recently trending eco-friendly vehicles, was chosen as the theme for this CES, Chairman Chung responded, "Robotics is ultimately connected to automobiles as well," adding, "Robotics will be widely adopted in the future and is closely related to people's lives, so we introduced our ideas at CES to receive feedback and to set the right direction."

The main robotics visions unveiled by Hyundai that day include 'Metamobility,' which innovatively expands the user's mobility experience, the 'Mobility of Things (MoT)' ecosystem where objects are given mobility, and 'intelligent robots' for humans.

Among these, the core of future robotics presented by Chairman Chung is Metamobility, which connects the metaverse (extended virtual world), urban air mobility (UAM), and robotics to link the virtual and real worlds, a concept emerging with recent IT developments. Chairman Chung emphasized, "Through future mobility solutions expanded by Metamobility, we will enable humanity's infinite mobility and progress."

However, regarding the release timing and realization of the Metamobility products introduced that day, he said, "It is not possible to specify exactly 'how many years it will take,'" adding, "As research progresses, the exact timeline will become clear."

Meanwhile, following Chairman Chung's presentation, Song Chang-hyun, President of Hyundai Motor's TaaS Division; Mark Reibert, Chairman of Boston Dynamics; Hyun Dong-jin, Executive Director of Robotics Lab; and Ulrich Oehm, Vice President of Microsoft Cloud & AI Division, also explained specific robotics technologies and prospects.

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