Hyundai Motor’s Robot ‘Spot’ Dances with BTS

A promotional video of BTS meeting Hyundai Motor’s robot ‘Spot’ has been released.

Hyundai Motor has presented two videos of Boston Dynamics’ robots meeting BTS in commemoration of the final official acquisition of Boston Dynamics, a U.S. robotics company.

Hyundai Motor explained that it is an event to celebrate the company’s successful entry into the robot business by releasing the video which combines technical elements of robots with cultural elements such as BTS music and robot dance.

In the first video clip, a four-legged robot Spot meets Kids’ NEXO, the brand collection product of Hyundai Motor. Then BTS members ask seven Spots to perform simple dance moves from their hit song ‘Boy With Luv’. BTS was surprised to see robots dancing.

Spot not only showed the same choreography as BTS but also performed creative dance moves. The evolution of robotic technology can be confirmed by BTS members having fun communicating with the robot Spot.

The second video clip, which was introduced along with the BTS video on this day, is a video that introduces Hyundai Motor’s vision for the robotics industry from the perspective of ‘a progress for mankind’.

The video contains the promise of Hyundai Motor Group to look back on the basics to go further for new possibilities by using state-of-the-art robotics technology.

In this video, Hyundai Motor looks over the history of automobiles and steel and introduces the future of mobility that Hyundai Motor will completely change. Looking at hydrogen from water and water again, the video tells the story of Hyundai Motor’s goal towards a hydrogen society that benefits everyone by the development of hydrogen fuel developed by Hyundai Motor.

Especially, robots work in real homes, offices, and factories now rather than in imagination due to the robotic technology of Boston Dynamics and become partners to help us do much more than we do on our own. The video shows the progress that Hyundai Motor has made until it started its robot business to achieve the harmonious coexistence of humans and robots.

In addition, the video released on the same day shows Joon-beom Park, a disabled national archery player, being surprised trying a wearable root S-MEX, and Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot Spot helping medical staff monitor the patient’s vitality.

Hyundai Motor said “We will create many possibilities to use robots as a new means of mobility with Boston Dynamics. Through the video clips, it can be confirmed that the coexistence between humans and robots is a great step forward for mobility and for mankind around the world.”

Reported by 'Smart City Today'