Hyundai Motor Group’s Robotics Lab is partnering with South Korean semiconductor firm DeepX to create the infrastructure for next-generation robot platforms.
The companies will co-develop an AI computing platform for advanced robotics, with a focus on supporting vision-language-action and vision-language models, according to a Tuesday news release from DeepX.
These technologies, which enable robots to more effectively perceive and interact with their environments using cameras and natural language commands, are gaining increased traction as companies favor intelligent, autonomous systems.
To support development of these models, the partners will focus on four key areas: ultra-low-power AI semiconductor architecture, AI computing hardware systems for robotics, physical AI software stack, and robotics application AI libraries.
The goal, DeepX said, is to create a “unified” physical AI platform purpose-built for robots.
“The AI industry is rapidly shifting from data center-centric models to a physical AI era,” DeepX CEO Lokwon Kim said in the release. “Ultra-low-power computing capable of running AI in real-world systems will become the core infrastructure.”
The collaboration will hinge on DeepX’s DX-M2 chip, designed to run large-scale generative AI models across robotics and industrial systems.
The chip’s ultra-low-power, high-performance AI computing architecture enables on-device AI inference within robots, which the companies say could significantly enhance robotic autonomy and response time.
DeepX positions its technology as coming at a crucial point for physical AI, with demand for semiconductors anticipated to reach around $123B by 2030 as a result of the rising popularity of humanoid and robotic systems.
“In the era of physical AI, robots are becoming the closest point of contact between AI technology and people,” said Dong Jin Hyun, head of robotics lab, Hyundai Motor Group. “Our goal is to create robots that can naturally coexist with humans — and to achieve this, we are strategically building a core technology ecosystem in collaboration with specialized partners across industries worldwide.”
