• Company to begin manufacturing product version of its humanoid robot immediately
  • 2026 deployments scheduled at Hyundai and Google DeepMind, with additional customers to follow next year
  • Atlas to be trained using new AI foundation models for a wide variety of industrial tasks, beginning in the automotive sector

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 5, 2026) – Boston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, unveiled the product version of its new Atlas® robot at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today. The fully electric humanoid was revealed during Hyundai’s global CES media day presentation, which also featured a live stage demonstration of the prototype version of Atlas, in addition to a rousing dance performance by a troupe of its famous Spot® robots. 

The company will begin production of the new Atlas robots at its Boston headquarters immediately. All Atlas deployments are already fully committed for 2026, with fleets scheduled to ship to Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) and Google DeepMind in the coming months. The company plans to add additional customers in early 2027.

“For more than 30 years, Boston Dynamics has been building some of the world’s most advanced robots,” said Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics. “This is the best robot we have ever built. Atlas is going to revolutionize the way industry works, and it marks the first step toward a long-term goal we have dreamed about since we were children–useful robots that can walk into our homes and help make our lives safer, more productive, and more fulfilling.”

Atlas is designed to be an enterprise grade humanoid robot that can perform a wide array of industrial tasks, from material handling to order fulfilment. The robot learns new tasks quickly, adapts to dynamic environments, lifts heavy loads, and works autonomously with minimal supervision. It performs at a consistent, reliable pace and does not need to stop even when its battery power runs low–it will autonomously navigate to a charging station, swap out its own batteries, and get right back to work. The robot easily connects to MES, WMS, and other industrial systems via Boston Dynamics’ Orbit™ software. And once a single Atlas robot learns a new task, that task can immediately be replicated across the entire fleet of robots.

The robot can be controlled in three different ways: autonomous mode, teleoperated, or by using a tablet steering interface. Atlas has 56 degrees of freedom, fully rotational joints, a reach extending to 2.3M (7.5 ft), and the strength to lift up to 50 kg (110 lbs). The robot is also extremely water-resistant and can operate at diverse temperature ranges from -20° to 40° C (-4° to 104° F). Its safety features include human detection and fenceless guarding, and it can be integrated into workflows using barcode scanners or RFID.

“Our new Atlas is the most production friendly robot we’ve ever designed,” said Zack Jackowski, GM of Atlas at Boston Dynamics. “This generation of Atlas significantly reduces the amount of unique parts in the robot, and every component has been designed for compatibility with automotive supply chains. With Hyundai Motor Group’s backing, we will achieve the best reliability and economies of scale in the industry.”

In addition to unveiling the Atlas product at CES, Boston Dynamics also announced a new partnership with Google DeepMind that aims to integrate cutting edge Google DeepMind foundation models into Atlas to give the robot greater cognitive capabilities. Finally, the company also revealed that Hyundai Mobis will supply the actuators for Atlas, and the two organizations will work together to build a highly reliable component supply chain and accelerate the pace of actuator development and production.

Hyundai Motor Group, Boston Dynamics’ majority shareholder, is preparing to deploy tens of thousands of Boston Dynamics’ robots into its own manufacturing facilities. The company also recently announced a $26 billion investment in its U.S. operations, including plans to build a new robotics factory capable of producing 30,000 robots per year.

For more information, visit www.bostondynamics.com.

About Boston Dynamics 

Boston Dynamics is the global leader in developing and deploying highly mobile robots capable of tackling the toughest industrial and safety challenges. Our robots are equipped with advanced mobility, dexterity and intelligence, enabling automation in unstructured or hard-to-traverse and unsafe spaces, from manufacturing facilities, power plants, and construction sites, as well as warehouses and distribution centers. We have three robots in our portfolio: Spot®, a quadruped that conducts industrial inspections for enterprise asset management and helps to keep people safe through public safety applications; Stretch®, a box-moving robot currently being deployed with logistics and retail customers; and Atlas®, our electric humanoid platform currently in development. For more information on our company and our technologies, please visit www.bostondynamics.com.