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Boston Dynamics

United States
Waltham, Massachusetts
Founded 1992
Last updated: July 21, 2026

Full Name

Boston Dynamics, Inc.

About

Boston Dynamics, Inc. is a U.S. robotics company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1992 as a spinout from the MIT Leg Lab by Marc Raibert and later joined by Robert Playter, the company develops highly mobile robots for industrial inspection, logistics automation, mobile manipulation, and humanoid robotics. Its product lines include Spot, Stretch, Orbit, and Atlas. Boston Dynamics is majority owned by Hyundai Motor Group, with SoftBank retaining a minority stake after the 2021 acquisition closing. Spot and Stretch are commercial products, while Atlas is moving from research demos toward industrial humanoid deployments.

Technical Overview

Company Stage
Pilot Delivery
Focus Application
Industrial
Robot Products
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Contact Information

Address
78 Fourth Avenue, Waltham, MA 02451-7507, United States

Robot Products

Atlas

Atlas

Released 2026

Pilot Delivery

Funding History

Total $880M
RoundAmountValuationDateInvestorsSource
估值参考Undisclosed$21.0BMar 2026-Source
Acquisition$880M$1.1BJun 2021Hyundai Motor Group, SoftBank affiliate retained 20%Source
AcquisitionUndisclosed-Jun 2017SoftBank GroupSource
AcquisitionUndisclosed-Dec 2013GoogleSource

Development Timeline

1992
Marc Raibert spun Boston Dynamics out of the MIT Leg Lab, joined soon after by Robert Playter.
2004
BigDog left the lab and began operating in real-world terrain.
2013
The first-generation Atlas humanoid robot debuted; Google also acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013.
2017
SoftBank Group agreed to acquire Boston Dynamics and Schaft from Alphabet.
2020
Spot became commercially available to early adopters and industrial customers.
2021
Hyundai Motor Group completed its controlling-interest acquisition, valuing Boston Dynamics at US$1.1 billion; Stretch was also unveiled for warehousing.
2024
Boston Dynamics unveiled a new all-electric Atlas, starting its journey toward a commercial humanoid product.
2026
Boston Dynamics announced manufacturing of the Atlas product version, with 2026 deployments scheduled at Hyundai and Google DeepMind.
2026
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind formed an AI partnership to bring Gemini Robotics foundation models to humanoid robots.
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