Boston Dynamics

Waltham, USAEst. 1992500-1000 employeesSubsidiary

Building dynamic robots with extraordinary mobility and agility.

About

Boston Dynamics is an American robotics company founded in 1992 as an MIT spinout and acquired by Hyundai Motor Group in 2021. It develops advanced mobile robots for industrial, logistics, and research applications. Its humanoid robot Atlas transitioned from a hydraulic research platform to a fully electric commercial product in 2024, and entered production in January 2026. According to Boston Dynamics.

Retired the hydraulic Atlas in April 2024 and unveiled a fully electric redesign, marking the start of its commercial journey. The electric Atlas features 56 degrees of freedom, a 50 kg payload, and a 2.3-metre reach. According to Boston Dynamics.
Demonstrated Large Behavior Models (LBMs) powering Atlas in August 2025 in partnership with Toyota Research Institute — enabling long-horizon manipulation tasks without task-specific programming. According to Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute.
Unveiled the production-ready Atlas at CES 2026 and began manufacturing immediately, with all 2026 deployment slots committed to Hyundai's Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) and Google DeepMind. According to Boston Dynamics.
Fifth-generation Atlas redesigned with an almost order-of-magnitude reduction in component complexity versus prior generations. According to Boston Dynamics and Forbes, July 2026.

Company Details

Type	Subsidiary
Funding Status	Acquired by Hyundai Motor Group (2021)
Total Funding	—
Employees	500-1000
Parent Company	Hyundai Motor Group

Software Ecosystem

AI / Model Approach	Large Behavior Models (LBMs) — end-to-end, language-conditioned policies coordinating locomotion and manipulation through long-horizon tasks. Developed with Toyota Research Institute, reported August 2025. Atlas trained on AI foundation models for industrial tasks. Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics integration for cognitive behavior. NVIDIA Isaac Lab for AI learning. According to Boston Dynamics and The Robot Report.
Training Methodology	Simulation-based training via NVIDIA Isaac Lab. Real-world deployment data from Hyundai RMAC and Google DeepMind sites feeds back into model training. Once a task is learned on one robot, it deploys fleet-wide. According to Boston Dynamics.
Developer Access	No public SDK for Atlas. Orbit — enterprise fleet management platform (SOC2 Type II certified, SSO, cloud/on-prem/VM deployment). Integrates with MES, WMS, barcode scanning, and RFID. Spot SDK is publicly available; Atlas-specific developer SDK not found. According to Boston Dynamics.
Third-Party Integrations	Google DeepMind (Gemini Robotics). NVIDIA (Isaac Lab, Jetson Thor compute). Toyota Research Institute. Hyundai Motor Group. Orbit integrates with MES and WMS systems.