Boston Dynamics opens Atlas training center at Hyundai plant

Boston Dynamics has opened a dedicated Atlas training center inside Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America near Savannah, Georgia. The first phase of the Robotics Metaplant Application Center, or RMAC, is operational, and a building approximately ten times larger is planned for 2027.

RMAC is intended to prepare Atlas humanoids for work in Hyundai Motor Group’s automotive factories. According to Boston Dynamics, the robots are currently training on logistics and parts sequencing, including placing automotive components in the correct order before assembly.

One image published with the announcement identifies a trainer teleoperating an Atlas robot. The release does not specify how many robots are at the center, which portions of the current task run autonomously, or what performance levels Atlas has reached for cycle time, accuracy and uptime. The facility provides a credible industrial setting for development, but the available evidence does not yet establish production readiness.

Hyundai outlines a 25,000 robot deployment plan

Hyundai Motor Group plans to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots across Hyundai Motor and Kia plants globally over the next few years, Boston Dynamics said. The group also intends to establish a United States production facility with annual capacity for 30,000 robots.

Those figures are plans rather than a reported delivery count or disclosed order book. Boston Dynamics still describes the electric Atlas as a humanoid platform under development, and its announcement does not provide a production start date for the proposed factory.

The initial manufacturing roadmap keeps the Atlas training center focused on structured factory work. Boston Dynamics expects applications to expand to component assembly by 2030, with repetitive tasks and strenuous work such as heavy lifting added over time.

Larger RMAC planned for 2027

Operations are scheduled to enter the larger HMGMA building in 2027. Boston Dynamics also plans to explore Atlas applications outside automotive manufacturing that year, using discussions with existing Spot and Stretch customers to identify training tasks and data collection opportunities.

The sectors named include manufacturing, aerospace, semiconductors, logistics, food and beverage, and life sciences. No external Atlas pilots or customers were announced, so the immediate program remains centered on Hyundai’s own manufacturing network and the planned RMAC expansion.

Source: Boston Dynamics