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Hyundai Develops Ultimate Mobility Vehicle ‘TIGER X-1’

Hyundai Motor Company has launched a Transformer-like robocar dubbed as TIGER X-1, that can travel over the most challenging terrains on the Earth as well as on other planets. TIGER stands for Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot, and the X-1 denotes its experimental status.

Key Features

The Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) TIGER is being developed by Hyundai in partnership with Autodesk and Sundberg-Ferar.
Tiger is designed as a battery-electric vehicle, comprising of a small pod with four wheels on extendable legs. it will be able to operate as either a four-wheel-drive vehicle or four-legged walking robot.
The vehicle is unscrewed, meaning that its, main use will be to carry payloads over remote and inaccessible locations, and not the people
It will help in search and rescue, scientific research, military, or exploratory missions (even on new planets).

Important takeaways for all competitive exams

Hyundai Motor Company Founder: Chung Ju-Yung.
Hyundai Motor Company Founded: 29 December 1967, Seoul, South Korea.

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