▲Hyundai Motor Group unveiled the intelligent ground mobile robot’TIGER’ for the first time. (Photo provided by Hyundai Motor Company)
Hyundai Motor Group unveiled the intelligent ground moving robot’TIGER’ for the first time. The Tiger is a compact, unmanned mobility with four legs and wheels that can move freely in rough terrain.
On the 10th, Hyundai Motor Group first showed off the appearance of Tiger through its official YouTube channel. Developed by “New Horizons Studio,” an organization in charge of future mobility under the Hyundai Motor Group, Tiger has a modular platform structure similar to the walking mobility “Elevate” first unveiled at CES in 2019.
Tiger’s first concept model released this time was named’X-1′, where’X’ stands for’Experimental’.
Tiger is about 80cm long, about 40cm wide, and weighs about 12kg. The compact, unmanned mobility with four legs and wheels allows you to move freely through rough terrain that even off-road vehicles cannot reach.
Tiger’s body is designed for multi-purpose missions that are difficult with ordinary vehicles, such as △ scientific exploration and research using various sensors, △ transportation of emergency supplies in case of emergency rescue, △ delivery of goods to remote areas. It has a symmetrical design structure that can be easily turned left and right as well as forward and backward.
When there are obstacles or when you need to pass through hard-to-pass terrain with wheels, you can use the walking ability of a robotic leg, and on flat terrain, you can transform into a four-wheel drive vehicle and drive at speed.
The vehicle body has a separate cargo compartment to enhance product protection, and the robotic legs can always be leveled so that goods can be safely transported even in areas with irregular road conditions such as rough roads and polar regions.
▲ Tiger’s first concept model was named’X-1′, where’X’ stands for’Experimental’. (Photo provided by Hyundai Motor Company)
In order to develop Tiger as an open innovation method, New Horizons Studio has partnered with’Autodesk’, a leading company in the field of engineering design based on artificial intelligence (AI), and’Sundberg-Ferar’, a concept design company. Worked closely.
With Autodesk, AI-based’Generative Design’ technology has been collaborated in the design section to enable light and robust 3D printing manufacturing of Tiger’s legs, wheels, chassis, and tires. Sundberg-Ferra was involved in exterior styling, body, chassis, leg component design and software development.
John Suh, Managing Director of Hyundai Motor Group’s New Horizons Studio, said, “The future mobility such as Tiger and the new technology that is the foundation of it provide the power for our imagination to go in a new direction. “We are constantly looking for ways to redefine our design and manufacturing methods and the concept of future mobility.”
▲When there is an obstacle or when you need to pass through terrain that is difficult to pass by using wheels, you can use the walking ability of the robot leg, and on flat terrain, you can transform into a four-wheel drive vehicle and drive at speed. (Photo provided by Hyundai Motor Company)