Hyundai Motor Group · retail humanoid
DAL-e
A truncated humanoid customer-service robot on four omnidirectional wheels, with movable arms for gestures, face recognition, conversation and mask detection, built to greet and escort showroom visitors without staff contact. It measures 1,160 x 600 x 600 mm.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- 80 kgHeavier than 73%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
A pilot use humanoid from Hyundai Motor Group.
Real-world use
Piloted at a Hyundai showroom in southern Seoul from January 2021.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2021-01-26
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
Hyundai Motor GroupCompany · founded 1998 · Seoul, South Koreachaebol of listed affiliates (e.g. Hyundai Motor Company, Kia); group revenue about KRW 295.1 trillion in 2025 (KFTC figure)
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
DAL-e is heavier than 73% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Works on sitepiloted greeting and guiding customers in a Hyundai showroom in southern Seoul · Jan 2021 · roboticsandautomationnews.com
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Public attention
How much public attention DAL-e gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- Actuators & motors
- Four omnidirectional wheels for movement; motorised arms for gesture feedback (no motor details published).
- Hands
- Simple non-grasping hands on movable arms used for gestures.
- Sensors & vision
- Camera-based facial recognition and mask detection (camera count not published); touchscreen input; voice input.
- AI & software
- AI facial recognition and an automatic conversation system built on a language-comprehension platform; answers spoken and touchscreen questions about vehicles and services, invites visitors to take photos and escorts them to spots.
- Other details
- Name stands for 'Drive you, Assist you, Link with you-experience'. 1,160 x 600 x 600 mm, 80 kg. Connects wirelessly to a large showroom display to explain cars. Developed by Hyundai Motor Group's Robotics Lab (head: Dong Jin Hyun).
From the maker
DAL-e is the only humanoid from Hyundai Motor Group in the atlas.
Hyundai Motor Group also makes 3 machines. See every Hyundai Motor Group robot
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- not sold; pilot unit
- Where it is sold or used
- South Korea (Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Lab)
- Customers and pilots
- Hyundai showroom in southern Seoul (pilot from January 2021); rollout to other Hyundai and Kia showrooms planned
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Pilot
Hyundai Motor · Hyundai showroom, southern Seoul · Seoul · since 2021-01
DAL-e greeted and advised customers in a pilot at a Hyundai showroom in southern Seoul. Robotics & Automation News
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Hyundai pilots DAL-e greeter robot in Seoul showroom
Hyundai Motor Group began a pilot of its contact-free customer-service humanoid at a southern Seoul showroom.
Robotics & Automation News
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | DAL-eHyundai Motor Group |  ADA-7AkinRobotics (AkınSoft)Same jobs: social, retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Cloud Ginger (XR-1)CloudMinds (DataA Robotics)Same jobs: social, retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  ugo Prougo Inc.Same job: social · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2021-01-26 | 2022-12-15 | 2019 | 2021-11-15 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | 158 cm | 180 cm |
| Weight | 80 kg | — | 62 kg | 54 kg |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — | 3.6 km/h |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | 4 h |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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