Boston Dynamics has a long history of leadership in the robotics field, pushing the boundaries of the possible and creating robots smart and capable enough for the unstructured world. Explore our history of R&D, innovation, and inspiration.
Our robots aren’t designed overnight—our R&D teams have spent countless hours testing and iterating on new builds or ideas. Get to know the team behind the machine.
The foundation of today’s portfolio: Our future is built on the groundwork of our previous research. Each of Boston Dynamics’ legacy robots has contributed towards crucial milestones in the advancement of applied robotics and our current products.
The hydraulic Atlas pushed the limits of dynamic motion and manipulation.
Handle served as a research venture into wheeled robots.
Spot Classic laid the groundwork for the agility and compactness seen in Spot today.
WildCat was built for speed, making it the fastest quadruped robot on Earth.
Earning its moniker, the compact, 11lb Sandflea was built to vault high in the sky.
LS3 (Legged Squad Support System) was a rough-terrain robot with significant carrying capacity.
RHex was a 30lb, six-legged robot designed for mobility on rough terrain.
RiSE was a six-legged robot designed to climb without any special adhesion.
BigDog was our first legged robot to leave the lab.
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