Humanoid & robot atlas
DAL-e
Photo: Hyundai Motor Group (official image), from hyundai.news. Image policy
Pilot useSouth Korea

Hyundai Motor Group · retail humanoid

DAL-e

A truncated humanoid customer-service robot on four omnidirectional wheels, with movable arms for gestures, face recognition, conversation and mask detection, built to greet and escort showroom visitors without staff contact. It measures 1,160 x 600 x 600 mm.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
80 kgHeavier than 73%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

A pilot use humanoid from Hyundai Motor Group.

Real-world use

Piloted at a Hyundai showroom in southern Seoul from January 2021.

Timeline

First shown
2021-01-26
Released
Not yet
Hyundai Motor Group launch

Maker

Hyundai Motor GroupCompany · founded 1998 · Seoul, South Korea

chaebol 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 humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, joints, battery, price.

What it has been shown doing

1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.

Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryAutonomous

Public attention

How much public attention DAL-e gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
  • 1 reported deployment

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Wheeled base
Actuators & motors
Four omnidirectional wheels for movement; motorised arms for gesture feedback (no motor details published).
Hands
Simple non-grasping hands on movable arms used for gestures.
Sensors & vision
Camera-based facial recognition and mask detection (camera count not published); touchscreen input; voice input.
AI & software
AI facial recognition and an automatic conversation system built on a language-comprehension platform; answers spoken and touchscreen questions about vehicles and services, invites visitors to take photos and escorts them to spots.
Other details
Name stands for 'Drive you, Assist you, Link with you-experience'. 1,160 x 600 x 600 mm, 80 kg. Connects wirelessly to a large showroom display to explain cars. Developed by Hyundai Motor Group's Robotics Lab (head: Dong Jin Hyun).

From the maker

DAL-e is the only humanoid from Hyundai Motor Group in the atlas.

Watch DAL-e

Video: YTN on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

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
Sold or delivered
not sold; pilot unit
Where it is sold or used
South Korea (Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Lab)
Customers and pilots
Hyundai showroom in southern Seoul (pilot from January 2021); rollout to other Hyundai and Kia showrooms planned

Where it works

1 reported deployment.

Map
  • Pilot

    Hyundai Motor · Hyundai showroom, southern Seoul · Seoul · since 2021-01

    DAL-e greeted and advised customers in a pilot at a Hyundai showroom in southern Seoul. Robotics & Automation News

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Hyundai pilots DAL-e greeter robot in Seoul showroom

    Hyundai Motor Group began a pilot of its contact-free customer-service humanoid at a southern Seoul showroom.

    Robotics & Automation News

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureDAL-eDAL-eHyundai Motor GroupADA-7ADA-7AkinRobotics (AkınSoft)Same jobs: social, retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilotsCloud Ginger (XR-1)Cloud Ginger (XR-1)CloudMinds (DataA Robotics)Same jobs: social, retail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilotsugo Prougo Prougo Inc.Same job: social · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots
First shown2021-01-262022-12-1520192021-11-15
StatusPilot useCommercialCommercialCommercial
Height——158 cm180 cm
Weight80 kg—62 kg54 kg
Joints————
Speed———3.6 km/h
Payload————
Battery———4 h
Price————

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Robotics & Automation News Hyundai launches humanoid robot 'DAL-e' for customer service

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