Boston Dynamics, the Robotics affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, will join a private think tank that sets the United States' robot strategy and direction.

Hyundai Motor Group said on the 24th that Boston Dynamics will join the National Security Commission on Advanced Manufacturing Robots under the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP). The robot national security commission plans to present directions for the United States to secure leadership in the robot industry. Boston Dynamics will participate as a representative of U.S. physical artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotics corporations. Vice President Brendan Schulman is expected to serve as a Commissioner.

On the 5th (local time), a day before the opening of CES 2026, the world's largest consumer electronics and IT trade show, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jack Jaskowski, head of Atlas development at Boston Dynamics, and Aya Durbin, head of humanoid application strategy at Boston Dynamics, introduce the next-generation electric Atlas development model during a Hyundai Motor Group press conference. /Courtesy of News1

SCSP is a bipartisan, nonprofit private organization led by former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt and launched in 2021. It studies the impact of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and Robotics on national security, the economy, and society. It also advises on strengthening the United States' mid- to long-term competitiveness.

The newly formed robot national security commission under SCSP is expected to become a practical policy design body that goes beyond a simple advisory group to establish the United States' next-generation robot strategy. To that end, in addition to Boston Dynamics, Nvidia, AMD, and General Motors will join as a panel of Commissioners.

The commission aims to design a national strategy to expand the application of next-generation robot technologies and to bridge the gap between laboratories and the field through cooperation between the public and private institutional sectors. Specifically, it will focus on ▲ establishing a national framework to link public and private investment and expand automation systems ▲ cultivating and securing top talent related to Robotics ▲ setting strategic goals to improve Robotics supply chains and strengthen global competitiveness.

The commission will run for one year, and the advisory results are scheduled to be announced in March next year.

Boston Dynamics plans to work jointly with experts from each field participating in the commission to strengthen the United States' Robotics technology competitiveness and secure manufacturing capabilities. It will share Robotics research cases and industrial field experience accumulated so far and present possibilities for use across various industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and infrastructure.

A Boston Dynamics representative said the participation "is meaningful" in that it enables the company to exert influence in the process of establishing regulations and support policies for the U.S. robot industry.

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