Hyundai Motor, Kia Unveil 'Autonomous Operating Factory' Roadmap with Humanoid Deployment by 2032
· Source: finance.biggo.com
In short
Hyundai Motor and Kia presented an 'autonomous operating factory' roadmap that foresees humanoid robots in new plants built after 2032, previewing content from the E-FOREST Tech Day 2026 event at their Uiwang Research Center. The companies showcased in-house finished-vehicle exterior inspection vision systems, standardized logistics robots and physics AI-based virtual commissioning developed with Nvidia, plus the manufacturing AI agent 'Polaris' now piloted at the Ulsan EV plant. Executives stressed that automation aims to free workers for safer, higher-value tasks rather than cut headcount.
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Tags: manufacturing, robotics, humanoids, automation, inspection, logistics