Hyundai TIGER vehicle to traverse extreme terrain

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Hyundai Motor Group has revealed TIGER, a robotic concept vehicle whose many capabilities include walking over difficult terrain thanks to its unique leg-wheel articulation.

TIGER (Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot) is Hyundai’s second Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) but the first to operate without a human at the wheel.

The robotic vehicle has been designed to carry payloads over remote and inaccessible terrain, with features including 360-degree directional control and a range of sensors for remote observation. It will also connect to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which could fully charge and deliver TIGER to the locations it is being designed to operate in.

“Vehicles like TIGER, and the technologies underpinning it, give us an opportunity to push our imaginations,” said Dr John Suh, head of Hyundai’s New Horizons studio in California, where TIGER is being developed. “We are constantly looking at ways to rethink vehicle design and development and re-define the future of transportation and mobility.”

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