Hyundai Motor Co. is leveraging its robotics experience to develop scalable mobility platforms that may make use of a single module to maneuver a video display throughout the room or a number of items to create a private transportation pod for brief distances.
That features using robots to bridge the hole between the true world and virtual-reality eventualities just like the metaverse, the place customers make use of VR goggles to work together in a digital area, Hyundai mentioned on the CES present Tuesday.
“With the metaverse set to turn into a day by day area for folks sooner or later, the corporate expects the potential emergence of a brand new sort of metaverse platform during which the excellence from actuality may disappear, breaking away from the idea of VR because the world is aware of it right now,” the corporate mentioned.
Below the idea of “Metamobility,” Hyundai robots would mirror actions taken within the metaverse by shifting objects in the true world. For instance, when somebody within the metaverse strikes an object within the digital area, it could actually additionally transfer inside a bodily area utilizing robots and specialised software program.
“When a person accesses a digital twin of their house within the metaverse whereas away from their bodily house, they’ll be capable of feed and hug a pet in Korea by way of using an avatar robotic,” the corporate mentioned. “It will enable customers to get pleasure from actual world experiences by way of VR.”
The Korean automaker showcased its Plug&Drive (PnD) and Drive&Carry (DnL) modular platforms that enable for autonomous motion of objects and other people. The platforms can scale from one module to mutiple items to tackle small duties or huge ones.
Hyundai mentioned the platforms are a part of the “Mobility of Issues (MoT) ecosystem, whereby historically inanimate issues, from small objects to group areas, will acquire mobility utilizing the corporate’s robotics applied sciences.”
Potential functions embrace offering freedom of motion for folks with disabilities, automated logistics, reconfigurable inside area and public transportation with particular person compartments for social distancing and last-mile mobility, the corporate mentioned.
Hyundai Motor additionally confirmed the MobED droid, a small mobility platform that makes use of the DnL module. With one module on every wheel, the MobED can elevate the platform up and down, conserving the physique of the automobile degree on uneven terrain or throughout pace bumps, Hyundai mentioned.