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▲ TIGER : Hyundai’s Uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) Concept
Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled its first uncrewed ultimate mobility vehicle (UMV) concept, transforming intelligent ground excursion robot (TIGER). The concept vehicle is designed to carry payloads over remote and inaccessible terrain, while operating as a four-wheel drive vehicle or a four-legged walking machine.
The South Korean automotive group took the wraps off the transformative vehicle, weighing 12 kg, on its official YouTube channel on Feb. 10. TIGER is 80 cm long and 40 cm wide.
“Vehicles like TIGER, and the technologies underpinning it, give us an opportunity to push our imaginations,” said John Suh, head of Hyundai Motor Group’s New Horizons Studio in California. “We are constantly looking at ways to rethink vehicle design and development and re-define the future of transportation and mobility.”
Hyundai Motor Group Unveils TIGER Uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle Concept
Hyundai s first uncrewed ultimate mobility vehicle (UMV) concept is revealed today as TIGER, which stands for transforming intelligent ground excursion robot.
TIGER is intended to carry payloads over remote and inaccessible terrain and designed to operate as a four-wheel drive vehicle or a four-legged walking machine.
The vehicle is being developed by Hyundai Motor Group s New Horizons Studio in partnership with Autodesk and Sundberg-Ferar.
SEOUL, South Korea and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Hyundai Motor Group has revealed TIGER (Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot), the company s second Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) and the first designed to be uncrewed. The transforming intelligent ground excursion robot is designed to carry various types of payload while traveling over challenging terrain.