Atlas

Atlas is the cohort's longest-running humanoid research platform, first unveiled (hydraulic) in 2013. Generation discipline matters here: the hydraulic Atlas was retired in 2024; the current electric Atlas, unveiled the same year, is the active research vehicle and inherits the lineage but not the deployment record. Hyundai's 2020 acquisition reframes the economics: Atlas's pilot at Hyundai's Metaplant America is parent-corp R&D rather than arm's-length commercial pursuit, which keeps the maturity stage at research under DEPLOY's maker-facility rule. Boston Dynamics describes Atlas through research demonstrations; the engineering credibility is the deepest in the cohort, but commercial deployment at named third-party operators is not yet on the record.

Readiness

Atlas is internal use only (not for retail), the 1 capability claim on file is all demo-only with demonstrated once, 3 verified deployments are on file, and 1 incident is on record.

Availability

internal-only

Internal use only (not for retail).

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Price honesty

no-price

No price points on file for Atlas.

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Capability honesty

demo-only

1 reviewed claim: demo-only, demonstrated once.

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Real-world use

pilot

Maturity: pilot. 3 verified deployments in the registry.

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Safety record

incidents-on-file

1 incident on record across 3 verified deployments.

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What it claims to do

• Picks and packsdemo-only· demonstrated onceevidence ↗

Price

No reviewed price points on file.

Real-world use

• Hyundai Metaplant Georgia, USA operated by Boston Dynamics2026-07-14
• Mountain View operated by Boston Dynamics2026-01-05
• Hyundai Metaplant America (Savannah) operated by Boston Dynamics2026-01-01

Safety record

• Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robot loses hand during backflip at CES 2026 demo2026-01-07

Privacy

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Atlas.

Specs

dof

56

reach_m

2.3

height_m

1.9

height_cm

190

ip_rating

IP67

runtime_h

4

weight_kg

50

drive_type

bipedal electric

payload_kg

30

battery_hours

4

deployment_site

Hyundai RMAC (Robotics Metaplant Application Center)

payload_peak_kg

50

primary_partner

Hyundai Motor Group

operating_temp_c

-20 to 40

announcement_date

April 17, 2024

payload_sustained_kg

30

What's under the hood

• Runs on Atlas-Geminifoundation-model

Frequently asked questions

Video

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• Atlas vs SE01by EngineAI · humanoid

Sources

1. Boston Dynamics — Atlas · https://bostondynamics.com/atlas/ ↗
2. Atlas (robot) — Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(robot) ↗
3. An Electric New Era for Atlas · https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/ ↗ · 2024-04-17
4. Large Behavior Models and Atlas find new footing (TRI LBM demo) · https://bostondynamics.com/blog/large-behavior-models-atlas-find-new-footing/ ↗
5. AI-powered Atlas + TRI takes a key step toward general-purpose humanoids · https://www.tri.global/news/ai-powered-robot-boston-dynamics-and-toyota-research-institute-takes-key-step-towards-general ↗
6. Boston Dynamics and RAI Institute partner on reinforcement learning for Atlas · https://rai-inst.com/resources/press-release/boston-dynamics-atlas-partnership/ ↗
7. Boston Dynamics debuts electric Atlas (hydraulic retirement + electric reveal) · https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-debuts-electric-version-of-atlas-humanoid-robot/ ↗
8. Boston Dynamics Atlas learns from Large Behavior Models · https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-atlas-scott-kuindersma ↗
9. Boston Dynamics' Atlas goes electric (hydraulic supersession) · https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/boston-dynamics-atlas-humanoid-robot-goes-electric/ ↗
10. Boston Dynamics' new electric Atlas can do push-ups (actuator-strength demo) · https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/boston-dynamics-new-electric-atlas-can-do-push-ups/ ↗
11. Atlas Robot - Boston Dynamics · https://bostondynamics.com/products/atlas/ ↗ · 2024-04-17
12. Boston Dynamics and Google reunite on next-gen Atlas humanoid · https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-google-reunite-on-next-gen-atlas-humanoid/ ↗ · 2025-07-01
13. Atlas production taking flight; ProtoOps hiring (Boston Dynamics Instagram) · https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd4YzQQRIna/ ↗ · 2026-09-29
14. Boston Dynamics Opens Robotics Metaplant Application Center to Train Humanoid Robots for Manufacturing Tasks · https://bostondynamics.com/news/boston-dynamics-opens-robotics-metaplant-application-center-to-train-humanoid-robots-for-manufacturing-tasks/ ↗ · 2026-09-21
15. Secondary X trending summary of Atlas Metaplant training / volume plans · https://x.com/i/trending/2105275991417663899 ↗ · 2026-09-30
16. Robot Hands for Modern AI and Real Work · https://bostondynamics.com/blog/robot-hands-for-modern-ai-and-real-work ↗ · 2026-10-01
17. Boston Dynamics company X on new Atlas hands (13 DOF, direct-actuated) · https://x.com/BostonDynamics/status/2105659276425298012 ↗ · 2026-10-01
18. Atlas Robot's New Hand May Outperform Human-Like Designs · https://spectrum.ieee.org/robust-robot-hand ↗ · 2026-10-01
19. Atlas new 13-DoF hands, direct actuation, sim-to-real RL (Boston Dynamics Instagram) · https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd9Ew7dkh_T/ ↗ · 2026-10-01
20. Atlas's new 4-finger, 13-DoF touch-sensing hand (Boston Dynamics Instagram) · https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeWhoDagX_y/ ↗ · 2026-10-11
21. Atlas manufacturing velocity: in-house machining, assembly and repair (Boston Dynamics Instagram) · https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeetwuPlS4t/ ↗ · 2026-10-14
22. Boston Dynamics — company website · https://bostondynamics.com/ ↗
23. Boston Dynamics — Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Dynamics ↗
24. Boston Dynamics (official) - unveils the all-electric Atlas (full redesign of the hydraulic Atlas) · https://bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-dynamics-unveils-new-atlas-robot-to-revolutionize-industry/ ↗
25. Hyundai Motor Group (official) - Boston Dynamics Atlas named Best Robot in Best of CES 2026 (BD is a Hyundai Motor Group company) · https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com/en/news/CONT0000000000199186 ↗
26. Boston Dynamics - Spot quadruped (commercial product, official) · https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/ ↗
27. Hyundai and Boston Dynamics join forces to bring humanoid robots to factories (Jan 2026) · https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/06/hyundai-boston-dynamics-join-forces-bring-humanoid-robots-factories/ ↗
28. Boston Dynamics launches the production-ready Atlas at CES 2026 · https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/the-alien-in-the-factory-boston-dynamics-launches-production-ready-atlas-at-ces-2026 ↗
29. Hyundai - Boston Dynamics Atlas (Hyundai Motor Group company) · https://www.hyundainews.com/releases/4664 ↗
30. Hello, Electric Atlas (IEEE Spectrum) · https://spectrum.ieee.org/atlas-humanoid-robot ↗
31. WienEnergie expanding Boston Dynamics Spot fleet (Vienna-area facilities) · https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddl_C6el8Aw/ ↗ · 2026-09-22
32. Energy Dogs: Wien Energie Spot robots at Simmering and expansion plans · https://www.wienenergie.at/blog/unterstuetzung-auf-vier-pfoten-roboter-hund-energy-dog-im-kraftwerk-simmering-erstmals-im-einsatz/ ↗ · 2026-02-04
33. Spot Working at More Austrian Power Plants (Wien Energie +4 expansion) · https://bostondynamics.com/case-studies/spot-working-at-more-austrian-power-plants/ ↗
34. Boston Dynamics Appoints Rohit Prasad as Chief Executive Officer · https://bostondynamics.com/news/boston-dynamics-appoints-rohit-prasad-as-chief-executive-officer/ ↗ · 2026-10-06
35. Boston Dynamics welcomes Rohit Prasad as CEO · https://x.com/BostonDynamics/status/2107546800043258261 ↗ · 2026-10-06
36. Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon exec Rohit Prasad as new CEO · https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-appoints-former-amazon-executive-rohit-prasad-new-ceo/ ↗ · 2026-10-06
37. Boston Dynamics names Rohit Prasad CEO (company Instagram) · https://www.instagram.com/p/DeKfMP6l0lO/ ↗ · 2026-10-06
38. Boston Dynamics Says Atlas Takes a Day to Build and Wants to Cut That to an Hour · https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/boston-dynamics-atlas-prototype-shop-build-time ↗ · 2026-10-14
39. Boston Dynamics shows its in-house Atlas shop · https://media.huroc.org/articles/boston-dynamics-how-we-build-atlas/ ↗ · 2026-10-15
40. Humanoids Daily on Atlas build time · https://x.com/humanoidsdaily/status/2110475789305037111 ↗ · 2026-10-14
41. Boston Dynamics - All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ECwExc-_M ↗ · 2024-04-17
42. Atlas deployed at Hyundai Metaplant · https://www.techtimes.com/articles/321587/20260725/humanoid-robots-enter-factory-ieee-humanoids-2026-sets-labor-displacement-its-defining-theme.htm ↗ · 2026-07-14
43. https://bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-dynamics-google-deepmind-form-new-ai-partnership/ ↗ · 2026-01-05
44. https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/boston-dynamicss-next-gen-humanoid-robot-will-have-google-deepmind-dna/ ↗ · 2026-01-05
45. ThomasNet — Atlas first real-environment test inside Hyundai Savannah plant · https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/boston-dynamics-atlas-manufacturing-tasks/ ↗ · 2026-01-26
46. Hyundai AI robotics strategy: Atlas at RMAC, Metaplant Savannah (validation; 2028 parts-sequencing, 2030 assembly) · https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com/en/news/CONT0000000000198146 ↗
47. Hyundai + Boston Dynamics unveil Atlas at CES; Georgia plant plans · https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/hyundai-boston-dynamics-unveil-humanoid-robot-atlas-ces-rcna252483 ↗
48. Boston Dynamics Atlas and its Hyundai production role (phased timeline) · https://insideevs.com/features/783622/boston-dynamics-atlas-hyundai-production/ ↗

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