AW 2026, which opens Wednesday at COEX in Seoul’s Gangnam district, is the country’s largest smart factory and automation industry exhibition.
Hyundai Glovis will set up a booth in the event’s smart logistics pavilion and present an automated logistics environment that links the full process from inbound receiving and storage to sorting and picking, and outbound shipping.
The company will also unveil a pallet shuttle system, equipment in which pallets fitted with transport robots move along fixed rails to manage inbound and outbound handling. The pallet shuttle is controlled through “Orca,” a warehouse control system (WCS) platform co-developed with its subsidiary Altiol. Hyundai Glovis will demonstrate item transfers using autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and robot picking at the show.
The booth will also display, for the first time to the general public in South Korea, a non-operational model of Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot Atlas.
Atlas has been undergoing a proof-of-concept project for parts sequencing at a Hyundai Glovis site within Meta Plant America (HMGMA) since last year. Starting in 2028, Hyundai Glovis plans to deploy it first in processes at HMGMA where safety and quality benefits have been clearly verified, including sequencing work for parts classification.
Hyundai Glovis said it plans to pursue business expansion by highlighting the physical AI-based logistics automation capabilities presented at the exhibition.
A Hyundai Glovis official said the company will focus on early-stage research and strengthening its logistics automation competitiveness to respond quickly to rapid changes in the logistics environment driven by advanced technologies such as physical AI.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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