Robotics · 10 November 2026 · 4 min read
Samsung and Hyundai held a joint meeting and used the words one team
On 9 November, 177 people from the two groups met at Samsung’s training centre in Yongin. Vice chairmen from both sides spoke about robotics and energy. A report the day before said Hyundai plans to make 30,000 Atlas robots a year in the United States from 2028. That figure is not in the account of the meeting.
Seoul Economic Daily and The Herald Business reported that Samsung invited Hyundai Motor Group to an event on 9 November at Samsung Electronics’ Seocheon training centre in Yongin. The Herald said 177 people attended, including executives, senior managers and spouses. Both papers said the companies described the relationship as a strategic partnership and used the words “one team.” Jun Young-hyun, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, and Jaehoon Chang, vice chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, spoke. Chang’s reported remarks said cooperation was extending into robotics and energy, beyond auto parts, electronics, audio and batteries.
The account of the meeting does not state a production number for Atlas, a plant, or a new battery agreement. A Seoul Economic Daily report published on 8 November, before the event, said Hyundai Motor Group plans to mass-produce 30,000 Atlas units a year in the United States starting in 2028. That sentence is not repeated in the paper’s report of what was said at Yongin. The same preview said Samsung SDI would supply batteries for Atlas and that the two sides had already been developing robot batteries. A separate report has already put the current pack at 70 Samsung SDI cells and about 1.3 kilowatt-hours. The Yongin reports do not add an eight-hour pack or a watt-hour target.