LAS VEGAS — Hyundai Motor’s first autonomous mobility robot platform has won a top innovation award from the CES 2026 on its versatile commercial use and safe yet precise driving performance in most terrain, the carmaker said Sunday (local time). A concept model of the Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED) was first unveiled at the CES 2022, and it took three years for the carmaker to showcase the end product. The self-driving robot will be mass-produced and available for sale in the first quarter of this year. The robot — developed by Hyundai Motor Group’s Robotics LAB — received the Best of Innovation Award in Robotics from the show’s organizer, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The award is considered the highest-ranking innovation award, and this marks the first time that the carmaker has won the achievement. The robot is 115 centimeters long with a width of 74 centimeters. It is capable of driving at a speed of up to 10 kilometers per hour. On a single charge, the MobED can operate for more than four hours. The carmaker touted the robot’s technological excellence par