Hyundai envisions a future the place robots whisk everybody round

Think about a world… the place individuals trip their very own particular person robo-pods with out ever needing to set foot on the bottom.

Hyundai offered such a world this week on the CES know-how convention in Las Vegas. In fact on this future the cellphone screens are see-through.

The Korean carmaker introduced its acquisition of the robotics firm Boston Dynamics simply earlier than final yr’s CES, and is clearly all-in on robots. This presentation previewed the corporate’s concepts for private mobility, public transportation, and even public security and well being.

In below two minutes, Hyundai’s video presents an built-in system of transit robots the place you possibly can step into your single-seat robotic pod in your lounge, proceed to slip down the facet of a residential constructing, after which hyperlink your pod as much as a “shuttle” of fellow pods on town streets. We then see the idea because it applies to hospital transportation, together with an ambulance pod that hyperlinks up with a modular, futuristic hospital. (We at Mashable sincerely hope the lady proven in the beginning of the video is OK by the top!)

However is Hyundai actually the corporate that is going to redefine mobility for the robotic period? The Plug & Drive (PnD) modular robots had been offered not as retail merchandise, however as ideas which are a part of Hyundai’s “Increasing Human Attain” thought. However it’s value noting that Boston Dynamics’ Spot is a very actual robo-dog that has realized choreographed dance strikes, and that is one thing you can really purchase.