2026-08-06
18 分钟In January, thousands of people gathered in Las Vegas for CES, one of the biggest tech conferences of the year.
One of the most talked about presentations was by Hyundai Motor Group.
Hyundai was there to introduce its newest employee.
Up walks on stage as a Hyundai executive.
He's excited to introduce a new co-worker who has lots of amazing abilities.
So for the first time ever in public, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Atlas to the stage.
And Up walked on stage was a very agile, a very tactile autoworker.
Atlas is about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs around 200 pounds.
He strutted on stage for several minutes, waved at the crowd, spun around, and skillfully picked up a few heavy objects.
And if you haven't guessed by now, Atlas isn't an ordinary employee.
It's a robot.
It's got arms.
It's got legs.
It's got something amounting to a head that allows it to see objects in front of it,
except for this head can turn around completely like the scene out of The Exorcist.
The crowd in Las Vegas loved it.
To characterize the reaction from workers at Hyundai, the people
who are supposed to one day work alongside outlets on the factory floor.
The reaction back in South Korea, where Hyundai is based, was shock, surprise, terror.
I don't think there was anyone leaping out of their seats and cheering.