Hyundai Workers Stage Partial Strike Over Job Concerns Amid Humanoid…

Hyundai workers in South Korea launched a partial strike over job displacement concerns triggered by the company's January unveiling of its 1.9-metre humanoid industrial robot 'Atlas', marking the first work stoppage at a factory linked to disputes over humanoid robots. If you're selling robotic components, actuators or control systems into manufacturing, Hyundai just proved the market will buy. Labour resistance is confirmation that the economics work—and that unions now see robots as material enough to fight, which means adoption is accelerating.