and the remainder of the Boston Dynamics household might get all the eye, however Hyundai has a robotics division separate from the agency it . This week, the automaker unveiled the Mobile Eccentric Droid or MobED, a brand new mobility platform for taking over even the trickiest surfaces and uneven floor.

The firm’s Robotics Lab says it developed MobED to beat the constraints of current indoor and repair robots. Each of the robotic’s wheels options impartial energy and steering management techniques that enable it to rotate in place and transfer in any course. It additionally has an eccentric drive system, therefore the title, that enables it to independently regulate the peak of every of its wheels. As you may see from the video, which means it may well present a steady platform for one thing as delicate as glass.  

MobED can develop its wheelbase as much as about 25 inches when it wants as a lot stability as potential. It can even contract to about 17 inches when it finds itself in additional complicated environments. All instructed, the platform is roughly 26 inches lengthy, 23 inches huge and 13 inches tall. A 2 kWh battery permits the robotic to drive for roughly 4 hours on a single cost.

Outside of working as a service robotic, Hyundai envisions MobED serving to out in locations just like the film trade the place movie crews might mount their tools to the platform. It may be used for deliveries and different functions the place stability is crucial. We’ll get an opportunity to see extra of the robotic when Hyundai demos it at CES 2022 subsequent month. However, the corporate hasn’t mentioned if it plans to commercialize MobED.