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An Era of Labor-Robot Conflict: Can Humans and Robots Coexist?
Humanoid robots and workers stand side by side at a production site, symbolically showing the expansion of manufacturing automation and the changing role of human labor. [Photo = Korea Business Review DB] Atlas Knocks on the Factory Door: At the CES 2026 media day held in Las Vegas, USA, in January 2026, Hyundai Motor Group unveiled Boston Dynamics' next-generation electric humanoid robot, 'Atlas.'

Humanoid robots and workers stand side by side at a production site, symbolically showing the expansion of manufacturing automation and the changing role of human labor.…
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