Hyundai Motor’s Plug & Drive Robotic Module Will Enable Mobility of Things (MoT)

Hyundai Motor is coming to CES 2022 with a couple of new concepts:  'Metamobility' and the Mobility of Things (MoT). According to the automaker, the Mobility of Things (MoT) will provide "movement of traditionally inanimate objects through the company's robotics technology."

Metamobility is a concept that encapsulates Hyundai's vision for the future of robotics and mobility, in which mankind will develop a device-metaverse connection to expand mobility to virtual reality (VR). According to Hyundai, robots "will human activity equally a medium between the real world and virtual spaces, enabling users to make changes in the metaverse to exist reflected in reality."

"The idea behind Metamobility is that space, time, and distance will all become irrelevant. By connecting robots to the metaverse, nosotros will exist able to move freely betwixt both the existent world and virtual reality," said Euisun Chung, the Group's Executive Chair, during his presentation, "Going one footstep further from the immersive 'be there' proxy feel that the metaverse provides, robots will become an extension of our own concrete senses, allowing u.s. to reshape and enrich our daily lives with Metamobility."

We all hope that humans will notwithstanding be relevant in this bright future!

Following Hyundai's recent acquisition of Boston Dynamics for almost $1 billion ($880M), Hyundai Motor focused its announcements on robotics and unveiled a range of robots at CES 2022.

Hyundai showcased the Plug & Drive (PnD) modular platform, an intelligent mobility solution that combines steering, braking, in-wheel electric bulldoze, and suspension hardware.

Thanks to its steering actuator, the single-wheel device can turn 360 degrees, a characteristic that allows holonomic motion, so the unit acts as a figure skater. As shown in the photo below, the PnD is equipped with LiDAR and camera sensors for autonomous movement.

A PnD module with a 5.5 inch wheel

A wide range of objects or platforms can attach to the PnD modules, from tables to containers, and users will be able to choose various bulldoze configurations and unit of measurement sizes.

Dong Jin Hyun, Ph.D., VP and Head of Robotics Lab, Hyundai Motor, and Nicole Scott, Producer, Beyond Innovation on phase.

"The PnD Module is adaptive and expandable to match homo needs. Because in the world to come, you lot won't movement your things — they volition move around y'all," said Dong Jin Hyun, VP and Head of Robotics Lab, Hyundai Motor. "PnD makes normally inanimate objects mobile. Information technology's this ability that makes changing practically any space possible. It'south a mode to configure spaces on need."

Hyun mentioned how part spaces could be configured and reconfigured on-demand, so people always piece of work in an optimal environment designed for a specific project.

CES offers Hyundai the opportunity to demonstrate four PnD concepts reflecting several aspects of MoT, including Personal Mobility, Service Mobility, Logistics Mobility, and L7 (a modified Personal Mobility pod).

Personal Mobility

Service Mobility

Logistics Mobility

Such wheeled platforms can be customized into any other kind of MoT module. Although Hyundai talked about four applications, they point out that MoT possibilities are unlimited.

For instance, the Personal Mobility concept is a cabin on four PnD modules. It could transport someone over brusk distances controlled past a simple joystick, no pedal or steering bike required. Personal Mobility modules could be envisioned attaching and detaching from a "mother shuttle" for efficient "last-mile" transportation.

Below, the L7 concept pushes things to the farthermost and features 12-inch PnD modules, and shows how another, more comfortable, type of Personal Mobility blueprint could be envisioned.

At the roundtable subsequently the conference, Dong Jin Hyun, VP, and Head of Robotics Lab at Hyundai Motor, and Marc Raibert, Chairman and Founder of Boston Dynamics, explained, among other things, that side by side-gen robots will not replace human workers but instead will raise human being capabilities to help unlock millions of new employment opportunities. During the session, I was wondering when we will come across PnDs in our streets or if nosotros would accept to build new cities effectually that concept…

The L7 personal mobility concept

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