Hyundai Motor Company revealed its Plug & Drive (PnD) modular platform at CES 2022. The company also revealed its plans for creating an advanced mobility experience with an unlimited Mobility of Things (MoT) ecosystem, and showcased a range of robots and robotic concepts.
Key Features
- New Mobility of Things (MoT) concept to enable the movement of traditionally inanimate objects through the company’s robotics technology
- Plug & Drive (PnD) and Drive & Lift (DnL) modules to provide all-in-one mobility solutions as parts of an unlimited MoT ecosystem
- PnD module to provide mobility to everything from small objects to community spaces with infinite flexibility and scalability
- DnL module with an eccentric wheel mechanism to extend the operation of robots to both indoor and outdoor locations
- Diverse applications of the newly unveiled PnD and DnL modules, such as the recently revealed Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED), to be on display at the Hyundai Motor booth along with Boston Dynamics’ Spot® and AtlasTM
The PnD modular platform is an all-in-one mobility solution that combines intelligent steering, braking, in-wheel electric drive and suspension hardware. The single wheel unit uses a steering actuator for infinite wheel rotation, meaning it can turn 360 degrees, which enables holonomic movement, like a figure skater. LiDAR and camera sensors allow a PnD-enabled object to move autonomously.