Hyundai Glovis (086280) will showcase its logistics automation capabilities based on physical artificial intelligence (AI) at AW 2026, Korea's largest smart factory and automation exhibition.
The company announced on the 3rd that it will set up a booth in the Smart Logistics Special Hall at AW 2026, which runs from the 4th to the 7th at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
Visitors to the booth can experience a fully connected logistics automation environment covering the entire process from cargo receiving to storage, sorting, picking, and shipping, according to Hyundai Glovis.
Hyundai Glovis will first exhibit a "pallet shuttle." This equipment features transport robots mounted on pallets that move along fixed rails for receiving and shipping goods. When items entering the logistics warehouse are placed on the pallet, the transport robot automatically moves along the rails to deliver them to designated storage locations. Conversely, for outgoing items, the robot loads goods from storage locations and transports them along the rails to designated shipping points for worker pickup.
The pallet shuttle is controlled through "Orca," a warehouse control system (WCS) platform jointly developed by Hyundai Glovis and its subsidiary RTiOL. Orca analyzes logistics warehouse environments with varying sizes and internal structures to optimize equipment placement, connections, and cargo movement routes. It also controls equipment and oversees work process monitoring. Hyundai Glovis acquired a 70% stake in RTiOL, a logistics automation specialist, in 2023 to develop logistics solutions.
At the exhibition, Hyundai Glovis will also demonstrate item transport using autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and robotic picking operations. When an AMR loads and transports items within the booth, a robot equipped with Hyundai Glovis's self-developed "one-kit picking automation technology" picks up and moves the items to storage locations. Robots with this technology can grip items regardless of varying shapes and materials.
Additionally, a non-operational model of Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas will be unveiled to the general public in Korea for the first time at Hyundai Glovis's booth. The model is a prototype of the "developer Atlas" that made its world debut at CES in Las Vegas in January.
Atlas has been conducting proof-of-concept (POC) work for parts sequencing at the Hyundai Glovis facility within Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) since last year. Starting in 2028, it will be deployed first in processes where safety and quality effectiveness have been clearly verified, such as sequencing operations for parts sorting at HMGMA.
A Hyundai Glovis official said, "We will focus on advanced research and strengthening logistics automation technology competitiveness to respond swiftly to the rapidly changing logistics environment driven by cutting-edge technologies such as physical AI."