• Hyundai Motor Company has launched a Transformer-like robocar dubbed as TIGER X-1,  that can travel over the most challenging terrains on the Earth as well as on other planets.
• TIGER stands for Transforming Intelligent Ground Excursion Robot, and the X-1 denotes its experimental status. 

Key Features -

• The Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) TIGER is being developed by Hyundai in partnership with Autodesk and Sundberg-Ferar.
• Tiger is designed as a battery electric vehicle, comprising of small pod with four wheels on extendable legs.  it will be able to operate as either a four-wheel-drive vehicle or four-legged walking robot. 
• The vehicle is unscrewed, meaning that its, main use will be to carry payloads over remote and inaccessible locations, and not the people.
• It will help in search and rescue, scientific research, military, or exploratory missions (even on new planets). 
• Hyundai Headquarter: Seoul, South Korea.