Overview
- Hyundai confirmed Kovac’s appointment as a group adviser and said it will nominate him as an outside director at Boston Dynamics.
- Kovac previously led Tesla’s Optimus humanoid program and held senior roles on Autopilot, bringing vision‑centric, end‑to‑end learning expertise.
- He will advise on mid‑ to long‑term strategy and commercialization across the robotics portfolio that includes Spot, Stretch, Orbit and Atlas.
- Following the CES reveal of the production Atlas, Hyundai targets a factory capable of up to 30,000 units annually by 2028, with industrial deployment planned at its U.S. facilities.
- Hyundai is pairing hardware scale with physical AI through collaborations with Google DeepMind and earlier work with Nvidia, while also installing Park Min‑woo to lead AVP and 42dot.