India, Oct. 9 -- Indian-origin artificial intelligence expert Rohit Prasad, who played a key role in developing Amazon's voice assistant Alexa, has been appointed chief executive officer of Boston Dynamics, the humanoid robot maker owned by Hyundai Motor Group.

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The appointment, effective October 7, comes as the US-based robotics company looks to expand the use of artificial intelligence in robots designed for factories, warehouses and other real-world environments.

Boston Dynamics, known for developing advanced robots capable of human-like movements, is focusing on a field called physical AI, which combines art...