Earlier this year, Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) invested $400 million to make robots smarter. He bought Boston Dynamics in 2020, and since then the company has offered his vision of what the future might look like, ranging from robots to entire city concepts.
The automaker today announced a virtual exhibit that highlights its big ideas. The exhibit showcases the new HMG Smart City which debuted at the World Cities Summit this summer. The company collaborated with HyunJoon Yoo Architects on the project, creating a hexagonal-shaped city that places humans at the center of its design. It is a stepping stone for Hyundai as it begins to learn and understand how cities work to provide solutions that benefit citizens.
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The design of the city puts green spaces in the center, buildings surrounding parks, forests, water reservoirs, etc. While Hyundai has a sizable share of the automotive space, its city’s road infrastructure sits out of sight underground, where self-driving vehicles transport goods and services to regional hubs. Robots will make the final delivery in Hyundai’s future, which is focused on clean energy and sustainability. The virtual city is powered by hydrogen fuel cell generators that distribute electricity through a smart grid. You can discover the exhibition here.
Designing a city seems like an ambitious feat for Hyundai, but the company has been thinking about mobility solutions for a while. In January, the automaker introduced its Plug & Drive robotic platforms that can attach to small objects and make them mobile using LiDAR and electric drive, like goods in a warehouse. The platform is powerful enough to move people around, with a joystick providing control.
“Cities are complex organisms, and it’s hard to plan just one perfect city, but such brainstorming exercises will help steer us in the right direction,” said Youngcho Chi, President and Chief Innovation Officer of HMG. .
Hyundai’s grand vision for what future cities will look like is fanciful. However, robots and autonomy could change the way we get and move things, even if truly autonomous vehicles are still years or decades away from becoming a reality.
Earlier this year, Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) invested $400 million to make robots smarter. He bought Boston Dynamics in 2020, and since then the company has offered his vision of what the future might look like, ranging from robots to entire city concepts.
The automaker today announced a virtual exhibit that highlights its big ideas. The exhibit showcases the new HMG Smart City which debuted at the World Cities Summit this summer. The company collaborated with HyunJoon Yoo Architects on the project, creating a hexagonal-shaped city that places humans at the center of its design. It is a stepping stone for Hyundai as it begins to learn and understand how cities work to provide solutions that benefit citizens.
6 Pictures
The design of the city puts green spaces in the center, buildings surrounding parks, forests, water reservoirs, etc. While Hyundai has a sizable share of the automotive space, its city’s road infrastructure sits out of sight underground, where self-driving vehicles transport goods and services to regional hubs. Robots will make the final delivery in Hyundai’s future, which is focused on clean energy and sustainability. The virtual city is powered by hydrogen fuel cell generators that distribute electricity through a smart grid. You can discover the exhibition here.
Designing a city seems like an ambitious feat for Hyundai, but the company has been thinking about mobility solutions for a while. In January, the automaker introduced its Plug & Drive robotic platforms that can attach to small objects and make them mobile using LiDAR and electric drive, like goods in a warehouse. The platform is powerful enough to move people around, with a joystick providing control.
“Cities are complex organisms, and it’s hard to plan just one perfect city, but such brainstorming exercises will help steer us in the right direction,” said Youngcho Chi, President and Chief Innovation Officer of HMG. .
Hyundai’s grand vision for what future cities will look like is fanciful. However, robots and autonomy could change the way we get and move things, even if truly autonomous vehicles are still years or decades away from becoming a reality.