# Hyundai Workers Strike at Ulsan Over Plan to Deploy Boston Dynamics Humanoids

The union stopped work for hours a day, demanding that no robot enter a plant without a labor agreement, as Hyundai targets more than 25,000 Atlas units across its factories.

- Published: 2026-07-18T06:03:03.819Z
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- Sources: [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2026/07/17/we-just-had-the-first-humanoid-robot-strike-ever/), [Korea Times](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260625/hyundai-motor-union-set-to-leverage-strike-against-atlas-robot-deployment), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news)

Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor's main plant in Ulsan, South Korea, stopped work for several hours a day between July 13 and July 15 over the company's plan to introduce humanoid robots, in what Forbes described as the first humanoid-rob…

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