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hervature
Whoever approved making a robot look like it is about to dance before awkwardly panning to a "static" model should not be making those decisions. It literally killed the vibe in the room. People went from the verge of freaking out to the biggest let down ever that it ruined whatever they said afterwards.
mxschumacher
that's a very impressive demo, I have never seen a robot move so smoothly before.
Tempest1981
Fun to watch the joints reverse in unnatural ways.
diamond559
Why does it needs bipedal legs on a flat factory floor, does it need them to walk up the bus steps it takes to get to it's second story walk up apartment where it lives w/ its robot family?
Breza
There are tons of really impressive robots that can't relocate from where they're installed. At this point, they're so common that they don't get HN threads. I doubt Hyundai is betting the farm on humanoid robots, but it's a market worth exploring, and if nothing else they generate a lot of hype.
anonzzzies
What will it cost though? They keep talking industrial, I guess it will be very expensive. You would hope that a company like Hyundai can mass produce these things for a sane price really.
kingstnap
It looks cool, I'm wondering about the hands though. Human hands have a ton of dexterity and Atlas looks like it might be pretty fat fingered.
trebligdivad
The new leg design is interesting - it's quite a change to have one segment out of line with the others; and unlike any natural leg ??
01100011
Tough week for Tesla. Nvidia is about to ship a competitive self-driving solution and Hyundai is putting a useful humanoid robot into production.

What claim will Elon make next to defend the stock price?

intrasight
Can't help but thinking of hotdog fingers scene in "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
SamuelAdams
I wonder if this will cause new legislation to be created, and new government bodies like the FDA. If this becomes available to many homes, what is to stop a hacker from programming this humanoid to kill its owners?
hettygreen
"It can totally control itself, but we're gonna have a human control it"

also

"the next version is totally ready, but here's a full-size model"

metadat
Interesting the Atlas robot can only operate from -4 to 104⁰ F. That upper limit is pretty weak, I wonder what starts to break or not work properly at 110⁰ F?
yalogin
Wonder how much this would cost out the door. If figure’s optimistic target is 150k per robot after mass manufacturing. This level of dexterity is only needed for personal robots. I would love this to be sub 10k
megaman821
The robot companies are all get closer, but I don't think a humanoid robot will do anything at a cheaper cost than an actual human in 2026. It definitely looks like there is a path though.
Geste
...We are going to have to fight against it at some point, will we ?
t1234s
Will the winner in the humanoid robot game be the one that develops the most human like hands? A good test would be a robot that can thread a needle and sew on a button.
cmckn
The way it stands up is so cursed but I find its face really charming.
ram_rattle
I still believe it was a very bad idea that google sold of BD