Boston Dynamics

A new video details in-house machining and rapid assembly, with a speaker describing a roughly one-day robot build and an ambition to reach an hour next year.

Prasad takes over on October 7, bringing experience leading Alexa and Amazon Nova as Boston Dynamics advances its AI and commercialization plans.

Atlas’s new hands increase dexterity from seven to 13 degrees of freedom, combining tactile sensing and direct actuation with a design built for simulation-based learning.

A new short film argues that experience with Spot and Stretch, plus Hyundai’s factories and supply chain, gives Boston Dynamics an edge in commercializing Atlas.

A new fly-through shows the workshops and assembly spaces behind Atlas, as Boston Dynamics promotes ProtoOps hiring and lists roles across manufacturing, testing and data operations.

The Georgia center is training Atlas for manufacturing tasks, ahead of Hyundai’s planned 2028 rollout. A tenfold expansion is scheduled for 2027.

Hyundai’s Nošovice plant is discussing Atlas with Boston Dynamics and headquarters, but a European deployment date remains unannounced.

Reuters reports that a 2027 listing is unlikely. Hyundai’s published Atlas roadmap puts scaled factory applications later in the decade.

Founded by former Boston Dynamics and Google leaders, Dynamic Creatures launches with a proprietary AI operating system, theme park partnerships, and a fresh take on character robotics.

At its 2026 CEO Investor Day, Hyundai put hard numbers behind Atlas for the first time: 30,000 units of annual US capacity from 2028, 25,000 already spoken for. It also went out of its way to insist robots are "in service of humans" — a line delivered 24 hours after its Korean union settled a walkout that demanded protection from automation.

Hyundai is acquiring SoftBank’s remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics, paving the way for a wholly owned subsidiary and a fast-tracked Nasdaq IPO by 2028.

Boston Dynamics has showcased its all-electric Atlas robot carrying a 100-pound mini-fridge, highlighting a closing sim-to-real gap and a critical shift toward robust physical intelligence.

As major U.S. robotics firms shift from prototypes to mass production, a clear divide is emerging between the maturity of mechanical hardware and the intelligence of the AI driving it.

A string of executive departures and reports of board-level friction highlight the growing pains as Boston Dynamics attempts to scale the all-electric Atlas for Hyundai’s factory floors.

DeepMind launches its most advanced embodied reasoning model to date, featuring a specialized "agentic vision" system for industrial inspections and enhanced multi-view success detection.

At its 2026 CEO Investor Day, Kia outlined an ambitious execution roadmap for robotics, including the full-scale industrial deployment of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas starting in 2028 and a multi-modal logistics solution integrated with its next-generation electric vans.

In a new interview, Boston Dynamics’ Atlas lead Zachary Jackowski discusses the retirement of the research-grade R1, the transition to a single "Thor" compute module, and why the robot remains too "capable" for the average home.

In a new technical deep dive, Boston Dynamics engineers explain how custom actuators, passive cooling, and "superhuman" range of motion are driving the transition from laboratory research to a 24/7 industrial workforce.

Hyundai Motor Group announces a KRW 9 trillion investment in a Saemangeum innovation hub, while the South Korean government launches a "One-Team" council to unify humanoid research across national institutes.

A recent 60 Minutes segment offers the most detailed look yet at the all-electric Atlas robot performing real-world work at Hyundai’s Georgia plant, highlighting a pivotal moment for the humanoid industry.

After three decades with the company and a pivotal term as CEO, Robert Playter announces his retirement, marking a transition from research pioneer to industrial scale-up.

As the all-electric Atlas prepares for industrial deployment at Hyundai, Boston Dynamics and the RAI Institute released a final demonstration of the research platform performing high-level gymnastics and natural locomotion.

In a major industry shift, Milan Kovac—the engineer who helped birth Tesla’s Optimus—has moved to Boston Dynamics. The hire signals a decisive pivot for Hyundai’s robotics firm as it transitions from viral research to industrial scale.

Boston Dynamics sheds its R&D skin at CES 2026, unveiling a production version of the all-electric Atlas designed for "automotive volumes." With 56 degrees of freedom, an "alien" morphology, and a deep Google DeepMind partnership, the company is finally moving from viral videos to the assembly line.