AI made its way onto the 2026 World Cup stage on Sunday, July 5, 2026, with a special appearance from Atlas, a humanoid robot developed by American robotics company Boston Dynamics, owned by Hyundai.

Hyundai Motor Company integrated Atlas, Boston Dynamics' advanced humanoid robot, at halftime during the Round of 16 match between Brazil and Norway at the FIFA World Cup on Sunday.

Atlas, a humanoid robot developed by Hyundai Group robotics affiliate Boston Dynamics, performed at halftime of a World Cup match for the first time.

Boston Dynamics, the 32-year-old company famed for its amusing or creepy (depending on your interpretation) advanced robots including Atlas (humanoid) and Spot (a dog-like quadruped) featured in viral ...

Boston Dynamics, the robotics subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, released a video and technical blog Wednesday through its SNS channels detailing the developmen ...

The Boston Dynamics Humanoid Robot Atlas successfully demonstrated a performance delivering the match ball to the referee during the round of 16 at the 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football ...

Overseas media outlets have praised the advancement of humanoid robot technology following the performance of Atlas, the humanoid robot developed by B ...

Atlas, the humanoid robot famous for its parkour and dance routines, has recently begun demonstrating something altogether more subtle but also a lot more significant: It has learned to both walk and ...