Hyundai Motor's Atlas to be bought for KRW 200 million, equivalent to two years of production-worker salary... mass production in 2028 | 3PRO TV Kwon Soon-woo, Reporting Team Lead

현대차 아틀라스 생산직 2년치 연봉 2억원에 산다…28년 양산 | 삼프로TV 권순우 취재팀장 [뉴스3]
Watch on YouTube ↗  |  January 20, 2026 at 23:20  |  27:07  |  3PRO TV (삼프로TV)
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Kwon Soon-woo — Reporting Team Lead, 3PRO TV

Summary

Kwon Soon-woo of 3PRO TV reviews a risk-off overnight session tied to Trump's Greenland push and rising US/Japanese bond yields, then focuses on Hyundai Motor's Atlas humanoid robot. The segment details Atlas's 2028 mass-production road map, two-year payback economics, higher specs versus rivals, and internal Hyundai demand. It also notes Hyundai's wearable robot sold out and Korea's platform-labor reform plan as secondary topics.

  • Davos criticism of Trump's Greenland ambitions coincided with a broad selloff in US stocks and bonds.
  • US 10- and 30-year Treasury yields rose to roughly four-month highs; Danish pension selling and Japanese fiscal stress were cited.
  • Kwon Soon-woo outlined Hyundai Motor's Atlas robot mass-production target for 2028 and a two-year payback versus two US factory workers.
  • Atlas was described as more factory-ready than cheaper Unitree and Tesla Optimus robots due to joint freedom, payload, durability, Google DeepMind AI, and Nvidia chips.
  • Hyundai Group affiliates such as Mobis, Wia, and E&C were mentioned as possible initial Atlas customers to help scale production.
  • Hyundai Robotics Lab's wearable arm-support robot reportedly sold out last year and is expanding into orchards.
  • Korea's labor ministry proposed stronger protections for platform and freelance workers, with Kwon warning about gray areas and unintended consequences.
  • The episode also included promotional segments for a Beijing duck meal kit and LG Gram laptop.
Ideas
Kwon Soon-woo Reporting Team Lead, 3PRO TV 9:25
Hyundai Motor Atlas commercialization supports upside.
Hyundai Motor's Atlas humanoid robot is moving toward commercial viability: the company targets 2028 mass production and a unit cost around the level of two years of US factory labor for two workers, with a two-year payback because Atlas can work more than 16 hours a day and swap its own battery. The speaker argues Atlas is more factory-ready than cheaper Chinese rivals because it has higher joint degrees of freedom, payload, and durability, uses Google DeepMind AI and Nvidia chips, and can rely on Hyundai Group affiliates such as Mobis, Wia, and E&C for initial demand to help lower mass-production costs. He expects the product to sell well.
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