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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Boston Dynamics, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Robotics" title="Robotics">Robotics</a><br><a href="Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">Artificial intelligence</a><br><a href="Automation" title="Automation">Automation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1992<span style="display:none">&nbsp;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1992</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="Marc_Raibert" title="Marc Raibert">Marc Raibert</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="Waltham%2C_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham, Massachusetts</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">
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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Google_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Google X">Google X</a> (2013–2017)</li><li><a href="SoftBank_Group" title="SoftBank Group">SoftBank Group</a> (2017–2020)</li><li><a href="Hyundai_Motor_Group" title="Hyundai Motor Group">Hyundai Motor Group</a> (2020–present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bostondynamics.com">bostondynamics<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p><b>Boston Dynamics, Inc.</b> is an American <a href="Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a> and <a href="Robotics" title="Robotics">robotics</a> design company founded in 1992 as a <a href="Research_spin-off" title="Research spin-off">spin-off</a> from the <a href="Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>. Headquartered in <a href="Waltham%2C_Massachusetts" title="Waltham, Massachusetts">Waltham, Massachusetts</a>, Boston Dynamics has been owned by the <a href="Hyundai_Motor_Group" title="Hyundai Motor Group">Hyundai Motor Group</a> since December 2020, but it only completed the acquisition in June 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Boston Dynamics develops a series of dynamic highly mobile robots, including <a href="BigDog" title="BigDog">BigDog</a>, <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spot">Spot</a>, <a href="Atlas_(robot)" title="Atlas (robot)">Atlas</a>, and Handle. In 2019, Spot became its first commercially available robot. The company has stated its intent to commercialize its other robots, including Handle.
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<p>The company was founded by <a href="Marc_Raibert" title="Marc Raibert">Marc Raibert</a>, who spun the company off from the <a href="Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was an outgrowth of the Leg Laboratory, Raibert's research lab at MIT and <a href="Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a>. The Leg Laboratory helped establish the scientific basis for highly dynamic robots. These robots were inspired by the remarkable ability of animals to move with agility, dexterity, perception and intelligence, and the work there set the stage for the robots developed at Boston Dynamics.<sup id="cite_ref-mit-leglab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mit-leglab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nancy Cornelius was a co-founder of Boston Dynamics, having joined the company as its first employee. During her time there she served as an officer of the company, did engineering on many contracts, was CFO for 10 years, and later was VP in charge of engineering on several contracts. She retired after 21 years of service in 2013, when the company was acquired by Google.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robert Playter was also a co-founder of the company, joining a few months later, as soon as he completed his PhD thesis at MIT working with Raibert in the Leg Laboratory. Playter was COO at the company for many years and has been CEO since 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Early in the company's history, it worked with the American Systems Corporation under a contract from the <a href="Naval_Air_Warfare_Center_Training_Systems_Division" title="Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division">Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division</a> (NAWCTSD) to replace naval training videos for aircraft launch operations with interactive <a href="3D_computer_graphics" title="3D computer graphics">3D</a> computer simulations featuring characters made with DI-Guy, software for realistic human simulation.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually the company started making physical robots—for example, <a href="BigDog" title="BigDog">BigDog</a> was a quadruped <a href="Robot" title="Robot">robot</a> designed for the U.S. military with funding from <a href="Defense_Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency</a> (DARPA).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On December 13, 2013, the company was acquired by <a href="Google_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Google X">Google X</a> (later <a href="X_Development" title="X Development">X</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="Alphabet_Inc." title="Alphabet Inc.">Alphabet Inc.</a>) for an unknown price,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where it was managed by <a href="Andy_Rubin" title="Andy Rubin">Andy Rubin</a> until his departure from Google in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately before the acquisition, Boston Dynamics transferred their DI-Guy software product line to <a href="VT_M%C3%84K" class="mw-redirect" title="VT MÄK">VT MÄK</a>, a simulation software vendor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On June 8, 2017, Alphabet Inc. announced the sale of the company to Japan's <a href="SoftBank_Group" title="SoftBank Group">SoftBank Group</a> for an undisclosed sum.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 2, 2019, Boston Dynamics acquired the Silicon Valley startup Kinema Systems.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2020, the firm signed an agreement with <a href="Trimble_Inc." title="Trimble Inc.">Trimble Inc.</a> to further develop the Spot dog product.<sup id="cite_ref-eqj1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eqj1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In December 2020, <a href="Hyundai_Motor_Group" title="Hyundai Motor Group">Hyundai Motor Group</a> acquired an 80% stake in the company from SoftBank for approximately $880 million.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SoftBank Group retains about 20% through an affiliate.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2021, it was announced that Hyundai officially took a controlling stake in the company from SoftBank.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In October 2022, the company signed a pledge saying it would not support any weaponization of its robotic creations. Boston Dynamics offered other robotics companies to join the pledge with five other firms signing as well.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products">Products</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BigDog">BigDog</h3></div>
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<p>BigDog was a quadrupedal <a href="Robot" title="Robot">robot</a> created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics, in conjunction with <a href="Foster-Miller" title="Foster-Miller">Foster-Miller</a>, the <a href="Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory" title="Jet Propulsion Laboratory">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a>, and the <a href="Harvard_University_Concord_Field_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard University Concord Field Station">Harvard University Concord Field Station</a>. It was funded by <a href="DARPA" title="DARPA">DARPA</a> in the hopes that it would be able to serve as a robotic <a href="Packhorse" title="Packhorse">pack mule</a> to accompany soldiers in terrain too rough for vehicles, but the project was shelved after BigDog was deemed too loud to be used in combat.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of wheels, BigDog used four legs for movement, allowing it to move across surfaces that would defeat wheels. Called "the world's most ambitious legged robot", it was designed to carry 340 pounds (150&nbsp;kg) alongside a soldier at 4 miles per hour (6.4&nbsp;km/h; 1.8&nbsp;m/s), traversing rough terrain at inclines up to 35 degrees.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cheetah">Cheetah</h3></div>
<p>The Cheetah is a four-footed robot that gallops at 28 miles per hour (45&nbsp;km/h; 13&nbsp;m/s), which as of August 2012 is a land speed record for legged robots.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>A similar but independently developed robot also known as Cheetah is made by MIT's Biomimetic Robotics Lab,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which, by 2014, could jump over obstacles while running.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2018 the robot was able to climb stairs.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LittleDog">LittleDog</h3></div>
<p>Released around 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LittleDog is a small quadruped <a href="Robot" title="Robot">robot</a> developed for <a href="DARPA" title="DARPA">DARPA</a> by Boston Dynamics for research. Unlike BigDog, which is run by Boston Dynamics, LittleDog is intended as a testbed for other institutions. Boston Dynamics maintains the robots for DARPA as a standard platform.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>LittleDog has four legs, each powered by three electric motors. The legs have a large range of motion. The robot is strong enough for climbing and dynamic locomotion gaits. The onboard PC-level computer does sensing, actuator control and communications. LittleDog's sensors measure joint angles, motor currents, body orientation and foot/ground contact. Control programs access the robot through the Boston Dynamics Robot API. Onboard lithium polymer batteries allow for 30 minutes of continuous operation without recharging. Wireless communications and data logging support remote operation and data analysis. LittleDog development is funded by the DARPA Information Processing Technology Office.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PETMAN">PETMAN</h3></div>
<p>PETMAN (Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin) is a bipedal device constructed for testing <a href="Personal_protective_equipment" title="Personal protective equipment">chemical protection suits</a>. It is the first anthropomorphic robot that moves dynamically like a person.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LS3">LS3</h3></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Legged_Squad_Support_System" title="Legged Squad Support System">Legged Squad Support System</a></div>

<p>Legged Squad Support System (LS3), also known as AlphaDog, is a militarized version of <a href="BigDog" title="BigDog">BigDog</a>. It is ruggedized for military use, with the ability to operate in hot, cold, wet, and dirty environments.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>According to Lt. Col. Joe Hitt and the US Marine Corps's program manager, "The vision for LS3 is to combine the capabilities of a pack mule with the intelligence of a trained animal". LS3 is capable of reacting to visual or oral commands and uses an on-board GPS system, along with computer vision (<a href="Lidar" title="Lidar">LIDAR</a> and IR), to guide itself through terrain. Due to its ability to track oral commands, soldiers within the field found it difficult to hold a conversation with this bot in a vicinity because it would unknowingly follow commands not given to itself. Unlike its living counterparts, LS3 can march for 20 miles (32 km) before running out of fuel. The robot also doesn't suffer from the shortcomings of bleeding and falling over, a problem with many pack mules.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlas">Atlas</h3></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Atlas_(robot)" title="Atlas (robot)">Atlas (robot)</a></div>
<p>The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot "Atlas" is a 5-foot (152.4&nbsp;cm) bipedal <a href="Humanoid_robot" title="Humanoid robot">humanoid robot</a>, based on Boston Dynamics' earlier PETMAN humanoid robot, and designed for a variety of search and rescue tasks.
</p><p>In February 2016 Boston Dynamics published a YouTube video entitled "Atlas, The Next Generation" showing a new humanoid robot about 5 feet tall (152.4&nbsp;cm). In the video, the robot is shown performing a number of tasks that would have been difficult or impossible for the previous generation of humanoid robots.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>A video posted to the Boston Dynamics channel of YouTube dated October 11, 2018, titled "Parkour Atlas", shows the robot easily running up 2-foot high steps onto a platform. Atlas is shown in a September 2019 YouTube video doing "More Parkour".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2024, the company announced that they had retired the hydraulic based Atlas in favor of a new all electric version of Atlas.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spot">Spot</h3></div>


<p>On June 23, 2016, Boston Dynamics revealed the four-legged canine-inspired Spot, weighing 25&nbsp;kg (55 pounds), which was lighter than their other products.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2017, a promotional video of Spot using its forward claw to open a door for another robot reached #1 on <a href="YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, with over 2 million views. A later video the same month showed Spot persisting in attempting to open the door in the face of human interference. Viewers perceived the robot as "creepy" and "reminiscent of all kinds of sci-fi robots that wouldn't give up in their missions to seek and destroy".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On May 11, 2018, Boston Dynamics CEO <a href="Marc_Raibert" title="Marc Raibert">Marc Raibert</a> announced at TechCrunch Robotics Session 2018 that Spot was in pre-production and preparing for commercial availability in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On its website, Boston Dynamics highlighted that Spot is the "quietest robot [they] have built." The company said it had plans with contract manufacturers to build the first 100 Spots later that year<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for commercial purposes, with them starting to scale production with the goal of selling Spot in 2019. However, in September 2019, journalists were informed that the robots will not be sold, but they will be leased to selected business partners.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2019 Massachusetts State Police became the first law enforcement agency to use Spot as a robot cop, as well as in the unit's bomb squad.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Since January 2020, Spot's <a href="Software_development_kit" title="Software development kit">software development kit</a> is available via <a href="GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a>. It allows programmers to develop custom applications for Spot to do various actions that could be used across different industries.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 16, 2020, Boston Dynamics made Spot available for the general public for <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$74,500</span> (equivalent to $90,517 in 2024).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In June 2020, a lone Spot named 'Zeus' was used by <a href="SpaceX" title="SpaceX">SpaceX</a> at their <a href="SpaceX_South_Texas_launch_site" class="mw-redirect" title="SpaceX South Texas launch site">Boca Chica Starship Test Site</a> to help contain sub-cooled <a href="Liquid_nitrogen" title="Liquid nitrogen">liquid nitrogen</a> and to inspect 'potentially dangerous' sites at and around the launchpad.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In July 2020, a team of Spot robots performed as cheerleaders in the stands at a baseball match between the <a href="Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> and the <a href="Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Rakuten Eagles</a>, backed by a team of SoftBank <a href="Pepper_(robot)" title="Pepper (robot)">Pepper Robots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2020, a Spot robot performed inspection tasks on the <a href="Skarv_oil_field" title="Skarv oil field">Skarv</a> <a href="Floating_production_storage_and_offloading" title="Floating production storage and offloading">floating production storage and offloading</a> vessel.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In April 2021, <a href="Michael_Reeves_(Internet_personality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Reeves (Internet personality)">Michael Reeves</a> made a YouTube video where he attached a pressurized beer canister and nozzle to a Spot robot in order to detect red plastic cups and dispense beer into them.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In March 2022, artist <a href="Agnieszka_Pilat" title="Agnieszka Pilat">Agnieszka Pilat</a> sold a painting created by Spot for $40,000 at the home of <a href="Brian_Boitano" title="Brian Boitano">Brian Boitano</a> to benefit Ukrainian refugees.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The painting, titled "Sunrise March," was created by applying paint on Spot's feet and having the robot rotate in circles.
</p><p>In February 2024, drivers on the <a href="M5_motorway" title="M5 motorway">M5 motorway</a> in England were warned they should not be alarmed if they saw a Spot operating alongside the road. The <a href="National_Highways" title="National Highways">National Highways</a> administration had trialed one "as an alternative to human inspectors".<sup id="cite_ref-bbc1_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Handle">Handle</h3></div>
<p>Handle is a research robot with two flexible legs on wheels and two "hands" for manipulating or carrying objects. It can stand 6.5 feet (2&nbsp;m) tall, travel at 9 miles per hour (14&nbsp;km/h) and jump 4 feet (1.2&nbsp;m) vertically. It uses electric power to operate various electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of about 15 miles (25&nbsp;km) on one battery charge. Handle uses many of the same dynamics, balance and mobile manipulation principles found in the other robots by Boston Dynamics but, with only about 10 actuated joints, it is significantly less complex.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stretch">Stretch</h3></div>
<p>On March 29, 2021, Boston Dynamics announced via a video on their YouTube channel the Stretch robot that was designed for warehouse automation. It has a square mobile base containing a set of wheels, a “perception mast” with cameras and other sensors, and a robotic arm with seven degrees of freedom and a suction pad array on the end that can grab and move boxes up to 23 kilograms (50 lbs) in weight.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pick">Pick</h3></div>
<p>Pick is a robot just like Stretch but fixed in a particular place. It is designed to carry boxes. It can identify a box in less than a second. It automatically disposes of the sheet of cardboard in between stacks of boxes.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Factory_Safety_Service_Robot">Factory Safety Service Robot</h3></div>
<p>The Factory Safety Service Robot was unveiled on September 17, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group. The robot is based on the existing Boston Dynamics robot Spot. Its integrated thermal camera and 3D LiDAR system help detect nearby people, monitor fire hazards, and recognize open and closed doors.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Metalhead_(Black_Mirror)" title="Metalhead (Black Mirror)">"Metalhead"</a>, a 2017 episode of <i><a href="Black_Mirror" title="Black Mirror">Black Mirror</a></i>, features killer-robot dogs resembling, and inspired by, Boston Dynamics robot dogs.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>In June 2019, a parody video went viral across social media in which a robot resembling Atlas was abused, before turning on its human attackers. The video turned out to be the work of <a href="Corridor_Digital" title="Corridor Digital">Corridor Digital</a>, who used the watermark "Bosstown Dynamics" instead of "Boston Dynamics". This video tricked many people, causing them to believe it was real.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>In <i><a href="Heroes_of_the_Storm" title="Heroes of the Storm">Heroes of the Storm</a></i> (2015), a multiplayer video game by <a href="Blizzard_Entertainment" title="Blizzard Entertainment">Blizzard Entertainment</a>, playable heroes are able to move quickly through the battleground by using a mount called "Project: D.E.R.P.A.", which references one of Boston Dynamics' quadrupedal robots.<sup id="cite_ref-Resistance_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Resistance-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>The HBO Show <a href="Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)" title="Silicon Valley (TV series)"><i>Silicon Valley</i></a> has made two prominent references to the company ‒ an <a href="Episode" title="Episode">episode</a> featured a robotics company called Somerville Dynamics, named after <a href="Somerville%2C_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a>, a city that neighbors Boston;<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the season premiere of Season 3 featured a real Boston Dynamics Spot robot, seen crossing a street.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>In 2022 the Spot robot was featured as a background extra in an episode of <i><a href="The_Book_of_Boba_Fett" title="The Book of Boba Fett">The Book of Boba Fett</a></i> TV series.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>In May 2025, Boston Dynamics auditioned on <a href="America's_Got_Talent_season_20" title="America's Got Talent season 20">Season 20</a> of <a href="America's_Got_Talent" title="America's Got Talent">America's Got Talent</a>, performing a dance routine with robotic "dogs".<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Biomimetics" title="Biomimetics">Biomimetics</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_robotic_dogs" title="List of robotic dogs">List of robotic dogs</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Hyundai_Steel" title="Hyundai Steel">Hyundai Steel</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Hyundai_Engineering_%26_Construction" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyundai Engineering &amp; Construction">Hyundai Engineering &amp; Construction</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_Engineering" title="Hyundai Engineering">Hyundai Engineering</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Hyundai_Mobis" title="Hyundai Mobis">Hyundai Mobis</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_Transys" title="Hyundai Transys">Hyundai Transys</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_WIA" title="Hyundai WIA">Hyundai WIA</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_IHL" title="Hyundai IHL">Hyundai IHL</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Hyundai_Capital" title="Hyundai Capital">Hyundai Capital</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_Card" title="Hyundai Card">Hyundai Card</a>
<ul><li><a href="Diners_Club_International" title="Diners Club International">Diners Club Korea</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<ul><li> (80%)</li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_AutoEver" title="Hyundai AutoEver">Hyundai AutoEver</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_Glovis" title="Hyundai Glovis">Hyundai Glovis</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_Rotem" title="Hyundai Rotem">Hyundai Rotem</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Hyundai_Amco" title="Hyundai Amco">Hyundai Amco</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_Hysco" title="Hyundai Hysco">Hyundai Hysco</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Cheonan_Hyundai_Capital_Skywalkers" title="Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers">Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyundai_Motorsport" title="Hyundai Motorsport">Hyundai Motorsport</a></li>
<li><a href="Incheon_Hyundai_Steel_Red_Angels_WFC" title="Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC">Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels</a></li>
<li><a href="Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors" title="Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors">Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors</a></li>
<li><a href="Kia_Tigers" title="Kia Tigers">Kia Tigers</a></li>
<li><a href="Suwon_Hyundai_Engineering_%26_Construction_Hillstate" title="Suwon Hyundai Engineering &amp; Construction Hillstate">Suwon Hyundai Engineering &amp; Construction Hillstate</a></li>
<li><a href="Ulsan_Hyundai_Mobis_Phoebus" title="Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus">Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Chung_Ju-yung" title="Chung Ju-yung">Chung Ju-yung</a></li>
<li><a href="Chung_Mong-koo" title="Chung Mong-koo">Chung Mong-koo</a></li>
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<ul><li><a href="Outline_of_robotics" title="Outline of robotics">Outline</a></li>
<li><a href="Glossary_of_robotics" title="Glossary of robotics">Glossary</a></li>
<li><a href="Index_of_robotics_articles" title="Index of robotics articles">Index</a></li>
<li><a href="History_of_robots" title="History of robots">History</a></li>
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<li><a href="Robot_ethics" title="Robot ethics">Ethics</a></li>
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<li><a href="Robot_competition" title="Robot competition">Competitions</a></li>
<li><a href="Competitions_and_prizes_in_artificial_intelligence" title="Competitions and prizes in artificial intelligence">AI competitions</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Aerobot" title="Aerobot">Aerobot</a></li>
<li><a href="Anthropomorphic" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthropomorphic">Anthropomorphic</a>
<ul><li><a href="Humanoid_robot" title="Humanoid robot">Humanoid</a></li>
<li><a href="Android_(robot)" title="Android (robot)">Android</a></li>
<li><a href="Cyborg" title="Cyborg">Cyborg</a></li>
<li><a href="Gynoid" title="Gynoid">Gynoid</a></li></ul></li>
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<li><a href="Companion_robot" title="Companion robot">Companion</a></li>
<li><a href="Automaton" title="Automaton">Automaton</a>
<ul><li><a href="Animatronics" title="Animatronics">Animatronic</a>
<ul><li><a href="Audio-Animatronics" title="Audio-Animatronics">Audio-Animatronics</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Industrial_robot" title="Industrial robot">Industrial</a></li>
<li><a href="Articulated_robot" title="Articulated robot">Articulated</a>
<ul><li><a href="Robotic_arm" title="Robotic arm">arm</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Domestic_robot" title="Domestic robot">Domestic</a></li>
<li><a href="Educational_robotics" title="Educational robotics">Educational</a></li>
<li><a href="Entertainment_robot" title="Entertainment robot">Entertainment</a></li>
<li><a href="Juggling_robot" title="Juggling robot">Juggling</a></li>
<li><a href="Military_robot" title="Military robot">Military</a></li>
<li><a href="Medical_robot" title="Medical robot">Medical</a></li>
<li><a href="Service_robot" title="Service robot">Service</a></li>
<li><a href="Disability_robot" class="mw-redirect" title="Disability robot">Disability</a></li>
<li><a href="Agricultural_robot" title="Agricultural robot">Agricultural</a></li>
<li><a href="Automated_restaurant" title="Automated restaurant">Food service</a></li>
<li><a href="Automated_retail" title="Automated retail">Retail</a></li>
<li><a href="BEAM_robotics" title="BEAM robotics">BEAM robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Soft_robotics" title="Soft robotics">Soft robotics</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Biorobotics" title="Biorobotics">Biorobotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Cloud_robotics" title="Cloud robotics">Cloud robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Continuum_robot" title="Continuum robot">Continuum robot</a></li>
<li><a href="Unmanned_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Unmanned vehicle">Unmanned vehicle</a>
<ul><li><a href="Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">aerial</a></li>
<li><a href="Unmanned_ground_vehicle" title="Unmanned ground vehicle">ground</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Mobile_robot" title="Mobile robot">Mobile robot</a></li>
<li><a href="Microbotics" title="Microbotics">Microbotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Nanorobotics" title="Nanorobotics">Nanorobotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Necrobotics" title="Necrobotics">Necrobotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Robotic_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic spacecraft">Robotic spacecraft</a>
<ul><li><a href="Space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Space probe">Space probe</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Swarm_robotics" title="Swarm robotics">Swarm</a></li>
<li><a href="Telerobotics" title="Telerobotics">Telerobotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Autonomous_underwater_vehicle" title="Autonomous underwater vehicle">Underwater</a>
<ul><li><a href="Remotely_operated_underwater_vehicle" title="Remotely operated underwater vehicle">remotely-operated</a></li>
<li><a href="Robotic_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic fish">Robotic fish</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Robot_locomotion" title="Robot locomotion">Locomotion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Continuous_track" title="Continuous track">Tracks</a></li>
<li><a href="Legged_robot" title="Legged robot">Walking</a>
<ul><li><a href="Hexapod_(robotics)" title="Hexapod (robotics)">Hexapod</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Climber_(BEAM)" class="mw-redirect" title="Climber (BEAM)">Climbing</a></li>
<li><a href="Electric_unicycle" title="Electric unicycle">Electric unicycle</a></li>
<li><a href="Robotic_fin" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic fin">Robotic fins</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Robotic_navigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic navigation">Navigation</a> and <a href="Robotic_mapping" title="Robotic mapping">mapping</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Motion_planning" title="Motion planning">Motion planning</a></li>
<li><a href="Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping" title="Simultaneous localization and mapping">Simultaneous localization and mapping</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_odometry" title="Visual odometry">Visual odometry</a></li>
<li><a href="Vision-guided_robot_systems" title="Vision-guided robot systems">Vision-guided robot systems</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Research</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Evolutionary_robotics" title="Evolutionary robotics">Evolutionary</a></li>
<li><a href="Robot_kit" title="Robot kit">Kits</a></li>
<li><a href="Robotics_simulator" title="Robotics simulator">Simulator</a></li>
<li><a href="Robotics_suite" title="Robotics suite">Suite</a></li>
<li><a href="Open-source_robotics" title="Open-source robotics">Open-source</a></li>
<li><a href="Robot_software" title="Robot software">Software</a></li>
<li><a href="Adaptable_robotics" title="Adaptable robotics">Adaptable</a></li>
<li><a href="Developmental_robotics" title="Developmental robotics">Developmental</a></li>
<li><a href="Human%E2%80%93robot_interaction" title="Human–robot interaction">Human–robot interaction</a></li>
<li><a href="Robotic_paradigm" title="Robotic paradigm">Paradigms</a></li>
<li><a href="Perceptual_robotics" title="Perceptual robotics">Perceptual</a></li>
<li><a href="Situated_robotics" title="Situated robotics">Situated</a></li>
<li><a href="Ubiquitous_robot" title="Ubiquitous robot">Ubiquitous</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="ABB" title="ABB">ABB</a></li>
<li><a href="Amazon_Robotics" title="Amazon Robotics">Amazon Robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Anybots" title="Anybots">Anybots</a></li>
<li><a href="Barrett_Technology" title="Barrett Technology">Barrett Technology</a></li>

<li><a href="Doosan_Robotics" title="Doosan Robotics">Doosan Robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Energid_Technologies" title="Energid Technologies">Energid Technologies</a></li>
<li><a href="FarmWise" title="FarmWise">FarmWise</a></li>
<li><a href="FANUC" title="FANUC">FANUC</a></li>
<li><a href="Figure_AI" title="Figure AI">Figure AI</a></li>
<li><a href="Foster-Miller" title="Foster-Miller">Foster-Miller</a></li>
<li><a href="Harvest_Automation" title="Harvest Automation">Harvest Automation</a></li>
<li><a href="HD_Hyundai_Robotics" title="HD Hyundai Robotics">HD Hyundai Robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Honeybee_Robotics" title="Honeybee Robotics">Honeybee Robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Intuitive_Surgical" title="Intuitive Surgical">Intuitive Surgical</a></li>
<li><a href="IRobot" title="IRobot">IRobot</a></li>
<li><a href="KUKA" title="KUKA">KUKA</a></li>
<li><a href="Rainbow_Robotics" title="Rainbow Robotics">Rainbow Robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Starship_Technologies" title="Starship Technologies">Starship Technologies</a></li>
<li><a href="Symbotic" title="Symbotic">Symbotic</a></li>
<li><a href="Universal_Robotics" title="Universal Robotics">Universal Robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Wolf_Robotics" title="Wolf Robotics">Wolf Robotics</a></li>
<li><a href="Yaskawa_Electric_Corporation" title="Yaskawa Electric Corporation">Yaskawa</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="Workplace_robotics_safety" title="Workplace robotics safety">Workplace robotics safety</a>
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<li><a href="Technological_unemployment" title="Technological unemployment">Technological unemployment</a></li>
<li><a href="Terrainability" title="Terrainability">Terrainability</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_fictional_robots_and_androids" title="List of fictional robots and androids">Fictional robots</a></li></ul>
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