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.