Boston Dynamics
Humanoid robot company · USA
Pioneer in dynamic robotics, now a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary. Famous for legged robots Spot and Atlas, with a pivot to fully electric actuation for the next-generation Atlas humanoid.
Boston Dynamics is a USA-based humanoid robot, quadruped robot and autonomous mobile robot maker, founded in 1992. It is owned by Hyundai Motor Group (wholly owned since June 2026). Product lines include Spot, Atlas (Electric), Stretch. It appears in the directory's Humanoid Robot Companies (32 companies), Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Companies (32 companies), Quadruped Robot Companies (6 companies) and US Robot Manufacturers (28 companies) lists.
- Headquarters
- USA
- Founded
- 1992
- Ownership
- Hyundai Motor Group (wholly owned since June 2026)
- Robot types
- Humanoids, Quadrupeds, Autonomous mobile robots
- Total funding
- Acquired by Hyundai (2020, $1.1B); fully owned since 2026
- Latest round
- Hyundai bought SoftBank's last 9.65% stake for ~$325M (June 2026)
Products
- Spot
- Atlas (Electric)
- Stretch
Robot reference
- Spot Quadruped — Quadruped
- Atlas (Electric Humanoid) — Humanoid
Boston Dynamics coverage
- Robotics Week in Review: Oct 2–Oct 9, 2026 — Humanoid pilots expanded in factories while AI software leaps and maintenance realities surfaced. Leadership changes and regulatory scrutiny rounded out a week
- Samsung RX Humanoid: $20k Annual Maintenance at AI Forum — Samsung’s RX division revealed at the September 30 AI Forum that its humanoid carries roughly $100,000 in hardware costs plus another $100,000 in engineering, w
- Rohit Prasad Appointed Boston Dynamics CEO for Atlas Push — Boston Dynamics named Rohit Prasad, former Amazon Alexa and AGI leader, as CEO effective October 7, 2026. He replaces interim chief Amanda McMaster following Ro
- Hello Robot Stretch Wins $3M NIH Grant for Elder Care Dementia Support — Hello Robot received a nearly $3 million NIH grant to advance its Stretch mobile manipulator for older adults with mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer’
- Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics 2 Scales via Software Partnerships — Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2 on July 30, 2026, delivering vision-language-action models for whole-body humanoid control, dexterity, and multi-robo
- Robotics Week in Review: Sep 25–Oct 2, 2026 — Humanoid robots advanced toward real warehouse and factory roles while software platforms and record industrial deployments underscored automation's acceleratin
- Boston Dynamics Atlas Trains at Hyundai Metaplant RMAC Center — Boston Dynamics opened the RMAC training center inside Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America near Savannah, Georgia, on September 21, 2026. Atlas humanoids are
- Boston Dynamics Electric Atlas Parkour Demos Advance 2026 Capabilities — Boston Dynamics released updated demonstration footage of its all-electric Atlas humanoid performing complex parkour, high-speed runs, backflips, and push recov
Directory categories
- Humanoid Robot Companies — 32 companies
- Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Companies — 32 companies
- Quadruped Robot Companies — 6 companies
- US Robot Manufacturers — 28 companies
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