Hyundai Motor Group · legged machine
TIGER X-1
A small, uncrewed walking-car prototype with carbon-fibre printed legs and an internal cargo bay, roughly 80 cm long. Hyundai planned beta testing in 2023-24 but no later update was found.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- 12 kgHeavier than 28%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Hyundai's first uncrewed Ultimate Mobility Vehicle, designed to drive as a 4WD or walk on four legs and be carried by drones.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported 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 legged & novel that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
TIGER X-1 is heavier than 28% of the 25 other legged & novel that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention TIGER X-1 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheel-legs
- Actuators & motors
- Four legs with wheels; legs retract for four-wheel driving and lock the wheels to walk over obstacles; 360-degree steering
- Sensors & vision
- Sensor suite for remote observation (not detailed)
- Battery & power
- Designed to dock with a drone that carries and recharges it
- Other details
- Cargo bay; modular platform; designed with Autodesk and Sundberg-Ferar
Lineage
Every Hyundai Motor Group New Horizons Studio (with Autodesk and Sundberg-Ferar) machine in order.
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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
- Built
- Prototype
- Sold or delivered
- not sold
- Where it is sold or used
- Hyundai New Horizons Studio, Mountain View, California, United States
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Hyundai's TIGER walks and rolls cargo
TechCrunch reported Hyundai's TIGER X-1, a small wheeled-legged cargo robot designed to be carried by drone.
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Sources
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