Korean carmaker Hyundai is going to buy robot manufacturer Boston Dynamics, which was previously owned by Japanese SoftBank … The Korea Economic Daily, citing sources, writes that the parties have already agreed on the deal, but there has been no official announcement about this yet. The amount of the transaction, the publication indicates, will be $ 921 million.
Earlier it became known that Hyundai plans to release a series of flying cars by 2028 year. The company is now developing models that will carry five to six people within the metropolis, as well as larger vehicles for flights between cities. Hyundai is already making practical industrial robots for factory use.
In the summer of 2020, Boston Dynamics released the Spot robot dog for 74 , 5 thousand dollars. Spot is proposed to be used for automatic data collection, transportation of goods and other tasks.