Hyundai to deploy 25,000 Boston Dynamics Atlas robots

On October 4, 2026, IT之家 reported that Boston Dynamics announced the previous week it had opened the Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) at Hyundai Motor Group's Metaplant America campus near Savannah, Georgia. The center serves as a testing and training site for the Atlas humanoid robot, with the aim of integrating Atlas directly into Hyundai Motor Group's automotive manufacturing operations. Atlas is already being trained at RMAC, where operators control the robot through teleoperation.

Zack Jackowski, Boston Dynamics' chief product and technology officer, said the company is working with Hyundai Motor Group to pioneer physical AI at enterprise scale. He said the two had set out a clear strategy to optimize Atlas supply chain, production, testing and deployment capabilities, and that RMAC reinforces their shared vision of robots amplifying human potential by making work safer and more efficient.

According to the same report, Hyundai Motor Group plans to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots across Hyundai and Kia factories worldwide over the next few years, and to build a robot production facility in the United States with annual capacity of 30,000 units.

As of the report, the effort stands at this point: RMAC has opened and Atlas has begun teleoperated training there, while the 25,000-robot deployment and the 30,000-unit-a-year plant remain plans for the coming years.