[CES 2026] Hyundai Mobis deepens future mobility push with Boston Dynamics, Qualcomm ties

LAS VEGAS, January 08 (AJP) - South Korea's Hyundai Mobis has announced a series of strategic partnerships at CES 2026 in Las Vegas aimed at expanding its role in future mobility, including a robotics supply deal with Boston Dynamics and a technology cooperation agreement with Qualcomm.

As part of Hyundai Motor Group’s push to build an artificial-intelligence-driven robotics ecosystem, Hyundai Mobis said it has established a cooperation framework with Boston Dynamics and will supply actuators when the next-generation humanoid robot Atlas enters mass production.

The move marks Hyundai Mobis’s first customer in its newly launched robotics business and signals its formal entry into the global market for robot components.

Hyundai Motor Group said in August last year that it plans to build a new robot factory in North America. Hyundai Mobis said it expects to play a key role in strengthening the group’s robotics competitiveness by leveraging its experience in large-scale manufacturing.

In recent years, Hyundai Mobis has sought to expand beyond its core auto parts business into higher value-added areas such as robotics and software-defined vehicles (SDVs), part of a mid- to long-term strategy to respond to rapid changes in future mobility and ensure sustainable growth.

The company said it will initially focus on the robot actuator segment, drawing on its vehicle parts design expertise and mass-production capabilities. Actuators are core drive components that execute movement based on controller signals and account for about 60 percent of the material cost of a humanoid robot.

Global research firms estimate the robotics market at around 75 trillion won and forecast annual growth of about 17 percent, with the market projected to reach roughly 800 trillion won by 2040.

Separately, Hyundai Mobis said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Qualcomm to cooperate across a broad range of technologies, including SDVs and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).

The two companies will accelerate development of a scalable software platform and work toward an integrated SDV solution with improved performance, efficiency and system stability.

They will also jointly develop technologies optimized for autonomous driving and autonomous parking, targeting demand in emerging markets such as India, where adoption of ADAS is accelerating as vehicle lineups expand beyond small cars.

* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.