Metaplant America is already considered the most heavily automated automotive factory in the United States. The facility has more than 850 robots unloading auto parts, stamping out steel components, putting together car frames, and installing car doors, according to IEEE Spectrum. It also uses 300 automated guided vehicles to carry auto parts to the appropriate work stations while avoiding human workers.
Boston Dynamic’s famed four-legged robot, Spot, has also been deployed onsite to perform “exterior quality inspection” at Metaplant America’s weld shop. During a July 2026 visit to the facility, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter described seeing the Spot “robotic dogs probe their sensor-embedded noses to sniff out defects.”
A pair of Boston Dynamics Spot robots inspect a Hyundai Ioniq 5 body shell at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant outside Savannah, Georgia.
Jonathan Gitlin
A pair of Boston Dynamics Spot robots inspect a Hyundai Ioniq 5 body shell at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant outside Savannah, Georgia.
