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Boston Dynamics

Changing your idea of what robots can do

Founded 1992 Waltham, Massachusetts 501-1000 employees Subsidiary (Hyundai Motor Group) Robot sales, leasing, and software subscriptions
Funding Status
Subsidiary (Hyundai Motor Group)
Private Company

About Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics is the world's most recognized advanced robotics company, known for building remarkably agile and capable mobile robots. The company's Spot quadruped robot is commercially deployed across industries including construction, oil and gas, utilities, and mining for autonomous inspection, data collection, and hazardous environment navigation.

The company's Stretch robot is designed for warehouse logistics, autonomously unloading trucks and moving boxes with high efficiency. Boston Dynamics' Atlas program, now in its electric humanoid form, represents the cutting edge of humanoid robotics research, demonstrating unprecedented mobility, manipulation, and AI-driven autonomy.

Originally spun out of MIT and previously owned by Google (Alphabet) and SoftBank, Boston Dynamics is now a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group. The company combines decades of robotics expertise with modern AI and machine learning to create robots that can navigate complex real-world environments and perform useful work alongside humans.

Products & Services

Spot

Quadruped robot for autonomous industrial inspection, data collection, and hazardous environments

Stretch

Mobile robot for warehouse logistics, truck unloading, and case handling

Atlas

Electric humanoid robot platform for advanced mobility and manipulation research

Leadership

R
Robert Playter
CEO

Notable Achievements

  • Spot robot commercially deployed across industries
  • Atlas humanoid demonstrates unprecedented agility
  • 30+ years of advanced robotics R&D
  • Owned by Hyundai Motor Group

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