Hyundai’s Boston Dynamics Scoops up Tesla’s Former Optimus Head Milan Kovac

Hyundai’s Boston Dynamics scoops up Tesla’s former Optimus head Milan Kovac

Hyundai’s Boston Dynamics has hired Milan Kovac, Tesla’s former senior vice president and head of the Optimus humanoid robot program, as a group adviser and outside director. The move is a major blow to Tesla’s humanoid robot ambitions and a significant coup for Hyundai, which is clearly serious about dominating the nascent humanoid robot market. more…

Hyundai Hires Ex-Tesla Optimus Head as Boston Dynamics Director

Hyundai Motor Group has appointed over the past few days two ex-Tesla engineers to work on its autonomous projects. The South Korean automaker said Friday it appointed Milan Kovac, a former Tesla executive, as a group adviser and outside director at robotics subsidiary Boston Dynamics. Kovac joined Tesla in 2016 and became the director of Optimus and Autopilot Engineering in 2022. He was VP of Engineering and the head of the Optimus program by t…

Hyundai hires Tesla's robotics chief to boost AI, automation efforts

Hyundai Motor Group has hired Milan Kovac, a former Tesla vice president and autonomous driving specialist, as an adviser and director for its subsidiary, Boston Dynamics Inc.

Hyundai Motor Group to appoint former head of Tesla's humanoid robot program as adviser

Hyundai appoints former Tesla vice president as adviser in bid to strengthen robotics development

Hyundai Motor Group announced on Friday that it appointed Milan Kovac, a global expert in AI and autonomous driving and a former vice president at Tesla, as an adviser.