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Boston Dynamics
PrivatePioneering dynamic robotics with industry-leading mobility, autonomy, and commercial deployment.
Founded 1992$1.70B raised
Pioneering dynamic robotics with industry-leading mobility, autonomy, and commercial deployment.
Boston Dynamics is an American robotics company founded in 1992 by Marc Raibert as a spinout from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of advanced robotics, the company develops highly dynamic mobile robots that combine cutting-edge locomotion, perception, and AI for industrial, commercial, and research applications. Boston Dynamics has been part of Hyundai Motor Group since 2021. Its portfolio includes the humanoid Atlas, the quadruped Spot, and the warehouse automation robot Stretch, all of which have helped shape modern robotics. The company is now focused on commercial deployment, bringing advanced mobility and AI into manufacturing, logistics, construction, energy, and infrastructure inspection while continuing to push the frontier of robot locomotion and autonomy.
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Hyundai published an official newsroom feature explaining how Hyundai Motor and Boston Dynamics taught Atlas to execute football drills using motion capture, retargeting, reinforcement learning in cloud simulation, and sim-to-real transfer. The article says 24 hours of simulation gave Atlas the equivalent of a full year of physical trial and error.
Boston Dynamics Targets One-Hour Atlas Builds by 2027
Boston Dynamics has shared a closer look at how it manufactures its Atlas humanoid robot, revealing plans to reduce assembly time from approximately one day to one hour by 2027.
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Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon AI chief Rohit Prasad as CEO
Boston Dynamics has appointed Rohit Prasad as chief executive officer, effective October 7, placing a former leader of Amazon’s Alexa and artificial-general-intelligence programs in charge of the Hyundai-owned robotics company.
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FieldAI Reportedly Signs Term Sheet for $700 Million Round at $10 Billion Valuation
FieldAI has signed a term sheet to raise $700 million at a $10 billion valuation, according to Business Insider.
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Boston Dynamics Unveils New 13-DoF Hand for Atlas
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new four-fingered hand for Atlas, redesigning the humanoid’s manipulation hardware around dexterity, durability and mass manufacturing.
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Humanoid Robotics Is Entering Its “Prove It” Era
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Boston Dynamics Opens Atlas Training Center Inside Hyundai’s Georgia Factory
Boston Dynamics has opened its Robotics Metaplant Application Center inside Hyundai Motor Group’s Metaplant America in Georgia, with Atlas humanoid robots now training on automotive manufacturing tasks.
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SoftBank Agrees to Acquire Marc Raibert’s Robotics & AI Institute
SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire the Robotics & AI Institute from Hyundai Motor Group.
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Boston Dynamics IPO Unlikely As Atlas Awaits Large-Scale Deployment
Boston Dynamics is unlikely to pursue an initial public offering in 2027 as the company remains unprofitable and has yet to deploy its Atlas humanoid robots at scale, according to a senior Hyundai Motor Group executive speaking to Reuters.
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Boston Dynamics was founded by Marc Raibert, who spun the company off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992. Raibert had previously founded the Leg Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University in 1980, pioneering research in dynamic legged locomotion that would define the company's DNA for decades.
The company initially focused on research contracts, developing iconic robots including BigDog (2005) for DARPA, a quadruped capable of traversing rough terrain while carrying heavy loads. This led to a series of increasingly capable robots that captivated the world through viral demonstration videos.
Boston Dynamics was acquired by Google in December 2013, then sold to SoftBank Group in June 2017. In December 2020, Hyundai Motor Group acquired an 80% stake for approximately $880 million, completing the deal in June 2021. Despite three ownership changes, the company maintained its engineering culture and research ambitions.
The company launched its first commercial robot, Spot, in June 2020, with hundreds now operating across power utilities, construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, and mining. Stretch, a logistics robot, followed for warehouse applications. In 2024, Boston Dynamics retired the hydraulic Atlas and unveiled a fully electric version designed for commercial deployment, marking its transition from research to industrial humanoid robotics. In February 2026, longtime CEO Robert Playter retired after being with the company since 1994.
