Hyundai to deploy humanoid robots in car factories from 2028 Hyundai Motor Group has announced it plans to introduce Atlas humanoid robots into its car factories from 2028. Hyundai said that it had agreed to acquire the entire 2026 supply of Atlas robots produced by Boston Dynamics, the US robotics firm in which it owns a controlling stake. The Korean conglomerate plans to build a new factory capable of producing 30,000 humanoid robots annually, marking the company’s entry into robot manufacturing in earnest. The Korean conglomerate said that it plans to introduce Atlas robots across plants including its HMGMA plant in Georgia, USA, from 2028, initially handling simple tasks such as parts sequencing. But, it said that by 2030 it expected to extend Atlas’ workload to include to car assembly and other complex operations.
News In this issue’s News Analysis we look at Mitsubishi Electric’s new AI system where agents argue to sharpen industrial decision-making, Hyundai’s plans to deploy Atlas humanoid robots from 2028, OpenAI and SoftBank’s $1 billion investment in next-generation AI data centres, Microsoft’s UK renewable-powered facility, and warnings that the UK’s slow robotics adoption could put national security at risk.
Mitsubishi Electric unveils adversarial AI system to sharpen industrial decision- making Mitsubishi Electric has developed a system in which AI agents, rather than co-operating, actively challenge one another and argue. The company said that the technology, developed under the company’s Maisart AI programme, is the first in the manufacturing sector to use an ‘argumentation framework’ to stage automated adversarial debates among expert AI agents, mirroring human debate to improve complex decision-making. “This technology enables deep insights through adversarial debate and evidence-based decision- making, which are difficult with conventional cooperative multi-agent AI systems,” the company said in a press statement. “Mitsubishi Electric’s solution allows AI to be deployed in highly specialised decision-making involving complex trade-offs, such as security analysis, production planning, and risk assessment, contributing to operational efficiency.”
OpenAI and SoftBank to spend $1Bn on next gen AI data centres Japanese banking giant SoftBank and OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, are pushing ahead with ambitious plans to invest $1 billion into next gen AI data centres. The pair agreed to each contribute $500 million in SoftBank power subsidiary SB Energy as part of President Donald Trump’s $500 billion Stargate initiative. Under the agreement, SB Energy will design, build,
and operate OpenAI’s planned 1.2-gigawatt data centre in Milam County, Texas, a facility which broke ground in September 2025 and is expected to be completed this year. The project is intended
to support the massive computing needs of OpenAI’s models and the automated systems they power. It will include advanced energy management and server monitoring systems.
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