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Robotics Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
Robotics Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
Robotics Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
Robotics Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
Robotics Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
Robotics Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
Robotics Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
Robotics Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Production-Ready Autonomous Mobility Robot Platform ‘MobED’ at iREX 2025
SEOUL, December 3, 2025 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today unveiled MobED (Mobile Eccentric Droid), its first mass-produced mobility robot platform developed by Hyundai Motor Group’s Robotics LAB, at the International Robot Exhibition 2025 (iREX 2025) in Tokyo, Japan.
First shown as a concept robot at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022, MobED has been refined into a production-ready, fully autonomous mobility robot platform using artificial intelligence (AI). The new model takes center stage at the Group’s iREX 2025 booth (West Hall 3-4, W3-44), running from December 3 to 6. Promotional videos showcasing MobED are also accessible via the Group’s official YouTube channel. Watch the video here.
Beyond a simple mobility platform, MobED offers a next-generation solution adaptable to diverse industries and everyday life. MobED will set new standards in the global robotics market and accelerate a future where humans and robots coexist.
Vice President and Head of Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB
MobED introduces a groundbreaking approach to robotics functionality, defined by three pillars: Adaptive Mobility (hardware), Intuitive Autonomy (software) and Infinite Journey (applications).
MobED revolutionizes mobile robotics with its cutting-edge eccentric mechanism, enabling precise posture control and seamless terrain adaptability. These features redefine movement across diverse surfaces, powered by the Group’s automotive-grade engineering:
By integrating adaptive motion technology, MobED eliminates the need for environment-specific robot designs.
MobED simplifies autonomous navigation technology, delivering accessibility and ease of use without requiring technical expertise. Key highlights include:
MobED’s intuitive design represents robotics technology accessible to universal users, merging safety with ease of operation.
Built as a modular platform, MobED supports diverse use cases across industries, from delivery and research to logistics and video production. Key features:
With one versatile platform, MobED creates infinite possibilities for robotics applications, offering flexibility and scalability unlike traditional robots.
MobED is available in two different configurations, adapted to suit various needs through differentiated technologies and features:
With these two options MobED ensures flexibility, enabling users to address evolving demands across industries while expanding the applications of robotics technology.
MobED’s design embodies the ‘Refined Edge’, a harmony of straight lines and flowing curves that balances technical precision with understated elegance. Straight lines express its robust purpose, while integrated sensors and Drive-and-Lift (DnL) modules create a visual balance and refinement.
High-quality metals deliver exceptional straightness, and precise shaping ensures smooth transitions into curves that enhance MobED’s dynamic movements. Subtle surface reflections highlight the robot’s motion engineering integrity.
The result is a robotics platform that fuses practicality with sophistication, reaffirming the Group’s commitment to both innovation and design excellence.
At MobED’s core is its proprietary DnL modules that integrate posture control, driving and steering motors for seamless multi-directional movement. Its eccentric-based posture control mechanism maintains level positioning, adjusts height dynamically, and adapts to irregular or inclined surfaces.
An optimization-based control algorithm inspired by multi-joint robotics ensures stability on uneven terrain and reliable navigation over obstacles like curbs. These capabilities enable MobED to perform in industrial and indoor/outdoor environments where precision and adaptability are essential.
For navigation, MobED uses LiDAR and cameras to perceive surroundings in real time, supporting predictive navigation, obstacle avoidance, optimal route generation, and moving object recognition or tracking. Its AI-powered detection system ensures safe, reliable operation in crowded settings or confined spaces.
A wide touchscreen controller with an intuitive 3D UI/UX makes MobED easy for anyone to operate, enabling self-mapping, location designation and autonomous driving.
By uniting adaptability, precision and autonomy, MobED sets new standards for robotics engineering.
Hyundai Motor Group is showcasing MobED at its iREX 2025 booth from December 3 to 6. Attendees can interact with the platform at the Group’s booth (West Hall 3-4, W3-44), where live demonstrations of MobED navigating different terrains highlight its precision and adaptability. Visitors can see MobED Pro and Basic demonstrating applications such as Loading/Unloading, Delivery, Golf, Urban Hopper and Broadcasting, and functions including autonomous navigation and charging.
The Group will also host a technical seminar, called ‘A novel hybrid-type Mobile Robot Platform: MobED (Mobile Eccentric Droid)’ on December 3 at Tokyo Big Sight, West Hall 4, from 11:30-12:10. This offers insights into Robotics LAB’s vision and strategy, as well as MobED’s integrated technologies and key features.
MobED’s mass production is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2026. Additional product details and purchase options are available on the Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB website.
| Category | Pro | Basic | |||||
| Product Specifications | Specs | Product Size (W * L * H (mm)) | Up to 750 × 1150 × 650 (including antenna height) | Up to 750 x 1150 x 430 | |||
| Tare Weight (kg) | Up to 88 | Up to 78 | |||||
| Maximum payload (kg) | Up to 47 | Up to 57 | |||||
| Product Features | Structural Characteristics | 360° rotating eccentric structure(eccentric rotation radius: 100 mm) | |||||
| Drive Modes | Autonomous (Autonomous, Smart Assist) / Manual (Basic, Freestyle, Zigzag) | Manual (Basic, Freestyle, Zigzag) | |||||
| Posture while driving | Outward deployment, inward deployment, backward, forward | ||||||
| Driving Speed | Autonomous Driving | Normal Driving | Inward posture | Up to 0.3 m/s | Autonomous Driving: Not included *A custom autonomous driving kit can be installed on the top module | ||
| Other postures | Up to 2.8 m/s | ||||||
| Manual Driving | Follows BASIC specifications | Inward posture | Up to 0.3 m/s | ||||
| Other postures | Up to 2.8 m/s | ||||||
| Maximum Slope angle (°) | Max ±10° (slopes over 10° automatically avoided) | ← (Operation is subject to user discretion according to the environment and local traffic regulations) | |||||
| Curbstone Clearance Height (mm) | 100 ~ 200 | Curbstone location specified by the user when creating a map | |||||
| Functional Safety | Sensor | Radar | |||||
| Driving Speed | Up to 2.8 m/s (10kph) or less | ||||||
| Environmental Conditions | Operating Temperature / Charging Temperature | 0–40°C / 1–35°C | ← | ||||
| Storage Temperature | 0–40°C | ← | |||||
| Battery | Operating Voltage | Rated capacity: 1.47 kWh; battery pack voltage: 36–49.2 V; rated discharge current: 33.6 A | |||||
| Operating Time | ≥ 4 hours (BMS SOC 90% → 10%) | ← | |||||
| Charging Time | ≤ 2 h 30 min (BMS SOC 10% → 90%) | ← | |||||
| Certifications | UL2271 | ← | |||||
| Top Module Port Interface | Mechanical Specifications | Mounting rail | ← | ||||
| Communication Specifications | API provided – Ethernet (Pro only) | API provided – RS422 (BASIC Only) | |||||
| Power Specifications | Top module port: 24V, 300W / 48V, 500W | ← | |||||
| Software Update & Diagnostics | Wired update, diagnostic scanner | ← | |||||
| Certifications | CE (ISO13482 / ISO3691-4), UL (UL3100 / UL3300) | In Progress | |||||
| Ingress Protection | IP54 | ||||||
| Charging | Charging Station Certification | IEC / UL / KC60335, KC / CE / FCC | |||||
| Charging Method | Manual charger, charging station (*Automatic charging module sold separately) | Manual charger | |||||
| Warranty | Quality Guarantee | 1 year | 1 year | ||||
Seoyong Choi
seoyong.choi@hyundai.com
Global PR Strategy & Planning · Hyundai Motor Company
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