What is the Boston Dynamics Stretch?
Stretch is Boston Dynamics' commercial warehouse robot: a vacuum-gripper arm on an omnidirectional wheeled base, built to unload trucks and containers and handle cases. It has been available for commercial purchase since 2023, and it is distinct from Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped and Atlas humanoid.
Key facts
- Form factor
- amr
- Maturity
- commercial
- Verified deployments
- 5
- Maker
- Boston Dynamics
- function
- truck/container unloading and case handling; ~800 boxes/hour; cases up to 50 lb
- formFactor
- amr (mobile case-handling robot: vacuum-gripper arm on an omnidirectional wheeled base)
On the record
Boston Dynamics' footage of its Stretch robot autonomously unloading floor-to-ceiling boxes from a trailer onto a conveyor at a Gap facility. Facility-bounded case-handling autonomy inside a mapped dock and warehouse, not open-world.
The short answer
Stretch is a warehouse box-mover. It is a vacuum-gripper arm mounted on an omnidirectional wheeled base, designed for truck and container unloading and case handling. DEPLOY records it at commercial maturity, and it has been available for commercial purchase since 2023.
What is verified
It is made by Boston Dynamics, based in Waltham, Massachusetts and founded in 1992. Its recorded throughput is roughly 800 boxes per hour, handling cases up to 50 lb. DEPLOY has 5 verified deployments on record, with verified customers including DHL Supply Chain (a $15 million pre-order and the first commercial deployment), Performance Team (a Maersk company), Gap, H&M, NFI (a $10 million deal), and Otto Group (20-plus facilities).
What Stretch is not
Do not confuse Stretch with Boston Dynamics' other robots. It is distinct from Spot (the quadruped inspection robot) and Atlas (the humanoid); they share only the manufacturer. Stretch is a mobile case-handling robot, not a walking one.
For a closer look at the job it does, see what does Stretch do.
Frequently asked
Who makes the Stretch robot?
Boston Dynamics, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, founded in 1992. Stretch has been available for commercial purchase since 2023.
Is Stretch the same as Spot or Atlas?
No. Stretch is Boston Dynamics' warehouse case-handling robot, distinct from the Spot quadruped and the Atlas humanoid. They share only the manufacturer.
Who uses Stretch?
Verified customers on the registry include DHL Supply Chain, Performance Team (Maersk), Gap, H&M, NFI, and Otto Group.
Verified vs claimed
- Verified: Stretch is Boston Dynamics' commercial warehouse robot (a vacuum-gripper arm on an omnidirectional mobile base for truck/container unloading), available for commercial purchase since 2023. Verified customers: DHL Supply Chain ($15M pre-order, first commercial deployment), Performance Team (Maersk), Gap, H&M, NFI ($10M), Otto Group (20+ facilities). ~800 boxes/hr, 50 lb cases.
- No outstanding claims on file.
Split from the registry record. See the verified-vs-claimed framework.
Where it is deployed
5 verified deployments on the registry for the Stretch. Click any marker to open its primary-source record.
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