Boston Dynamics, the robotics specialist of Hyundai Motor Group, will join a think tank that establishes the United States’ robotics strategy and policy direction.

Hyundai Motor Group announced on the 24th that Boston Dynamics will serve as a committee member company on the “National Security Commission on Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics,” a newly launched advisory body of the U.S. think tank Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP).

SCSP is a think tank founded in 2021 by Eric Schmidt, former Google Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It studies the impact of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and semiconductors on national security, the economy, and society, and advises on measures to strengthen mid- to long-term competitiveness. The newly launched “National Security Commission on Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics” is co-chaired by key lawmakers including U.S. Republican Senator Ted Budd and Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin. Boston Dynamics, along with companies such as NVIDIA, AMD, and GM, and leading universities, will participate as committee members and is expected to act as a policy design body that will establish the United States’ future robotics strategy.

As global competition intensifies in physical AI and robotics following software-based AI, the U.S. government has been signaling its intention to foster the robotics industry. Brandon Schulman, Vice President of Boston Dynamics, who recently attended a U.S. Department of Commerce meeting that brought together representatives of robot manufacturing companies, said, “The government is expected to actively support the robotics industry, and related policy-making is likely to take place in the near future.”

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