Boston Dynamics has been on the cutting edge of robotics since 1992, and it has unveiled its most ambitious plan yet to monetize those decades of research. On stage Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company announced the first commercial version of its Atlas humanoid robot, designed for industrial work.

Hyundai Motor Group says it will roll out human-like robots at a manufacturing plant in the US state of Georgia, adding to a list of companies racing to use the new technology.

During the company's keynote on Monday, CEO Jensen Huang revealed that firms ranging from Boston Dynamics and Caterpillar (CAT) to LG Electronics and NEURA Robotics are using Nvidia's robotics technol...