On the 6th in the morning, Hyundai Motor shares are surging more than 6%. The jump came after news that Boston Dynamics, a robotics specialist within Hyundai Motor Group, is entering a strategic collaboration with Google DeepMind.
As of 9:21 a.m. on the 6th, Hyundai Motor is trading at 323,000 won on the main bourse, up 18,500 won (6.08%) from the previous day. It jumped to as high as 330,000 won early in the session, setting a 1-year high.
Stocks grouped as Humanoid Robot plays, including HL Mando (1.32%), HYUNDAI WIA (1.6%), Hyundai Mobis (2.42%), and Hyundai AutoEver (10.89%), are all rising.
On the 5th (local time), Hyundai Motor Group said it held CES 2026 Media Day in Las Vegas, and that its group company Boston Dynamics signed a "strategic partnership to accelerate development of future humanoid technologies" with Google DeepMind.
Google DeepMind is a global research organization that has advanced a robotic AI foundation model based on the multimodal Generative AI model "Gemini." The two sides said they will combine Boston Dynamics' robotics technology with Google DeepMind's AI capabilities to develop differentiated robotics technologies.