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Atlas (product version)
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Pilot use Checked with the makerUnited States#2 in public attention

Boston Dynamics · industrial humanoid

Atlas

product version

Production Atlas shown at CES 2026: 1.9 m, 90 kg, 56 degrees of freedom, lifts 50 kg briefly (30 kg sustained), 4-hour battery it can swap itself. Manufacturing started at Boston Dynamics' Boston headquarters.

Price
—No public price.
Height
190 cmTaller than 96%
Weight
90 kgHeavier than 79%
Payload
50 kgCarries more than 95%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
4 hRuns longer than 45%

Official maker page, not an affiliate link. Checked 2026-10-10.

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Why it matters

Boston Dynamics' first humanoid built as a product; named CNET's Best Robot of CES 2026.

Real-world use

All 2026 units committed to Hyundai's Robotics Metaplant Application Center and Google DeepMind; parts sequencing at Hyundai's Georgia Metaplant planned from 2028.

Timeline

First shown
2026-01-05
Released
2026
Hyundai media day keynote at CES 2026

Maker

Boston DynamicsCompany · founded 1992 · Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Owned by Hyundai Motor Group since June 2021 (80% stake bought from SoftBank for about $880M; SoftBank kept about 20%).

How it stacks up

Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: speed, price.

What it has been shown doing

We checked public videos and press for Atlas (product version) and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.

Public attention

#2 of 377 current humanoids in public attention.

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  • 9,146 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (Atlas (robot))
  • 5 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
  • 1 reported deployment

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Walks on legs · 56 joints
Actuators & motors
Electric actuators supplied by Hyundai Mobis; 56 DoF with fully rotational (continuous) joints; design cuts unique part count for automotive supply chains.
Hands
Tactile sensing in fingers and palm; one-handed lift 20 kg.
Sensors & vision
360-degree camera view, tactile fingers and palm, human detection; barcode scanner and RFID integrations.
Compute
Not published.
Battery & power
Swappable; about 4 h (2 h with heavy lifting); robot walks to a station and swaps its own battery in about 3 min; 1.5 h charge time; 110 V (220 V optional) charging.
Materials & build
Modular, field-replaceable components with customer self-repair certification; made in the USA.
AI & software
Orbit connects Atlas to MES/WMS systems; skills learned by one robot deploy fleet-wide; Google DeepMind foundation models (Gemini Robotics) being integrated; modes: autonomous, VR teleoperated, tablet control.
Other details
IP67; -20 to 40 C operation; 2.3 m reach; 50 kg instant / 30 kg sustained lift; fenceless guarding.

Named suppliers:NVIDIAHarmonic DriveGoogle DeepMindXsensLG Energy SolutionCarnegie RoboticsHyundai MobisSandia National LaboratoriesiRobotLG Innotek

Lineage

Every Boston Dynamics humanoid in order.

  1. PETMANPETMAN2009Retired
  2. Atlas (DRC hydraulic Atlas)Atlas (DRC hydraulic Atlas)2013Retired
  3. Atlas (next generation)Atlas (next generation)2016Retired
  4. Atlas (electric prototype)Atlas (electric prototype)2024Prototype
  5. Atlas (product version)Atlas (product version)2026Pilot use

Watch Atlas (product version)

Video: Boston Dynamics on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not publishedNo public price.
How to get one
Maker's website
Built
Production began at Boston Dynamics' Boston headquarters in January 2026; Hyundai plans a US robot factory able to make 30,000 robots a year (company statements).
Sold or delivered
All 2026 deployments fully committed, with fleets shipping to Hyundai RMAC and Google DeepMind (company statement); unit count not published.
Where it is sold or used
United States
Customers and pilots
Hyundai Robotics Metaplant Application Center and Google DeepMind (2026); more customers from early 2027

Where it is sold and supported

What Boston Dynamics publishes about where you can get Atlas (product version) and who looks after it.

How to get it
Orders go through the maker directly; no public order page. A conversation form for early adopters; the maker says it starts with a limited number of them.
Support
No Atlas service plan published; the maker's general Support Center is linked from its site.

From bostondynamics.com, checked October 12, 2026. The Atlas page names no sales regions, price or warranty. Its four steps are Prepare, Evaluate, Train and Adopt. Simbeing does not sell robots: buy from the maker's own page.

For builders

Can you program Atlas (product version)? What Boston Dynamics publishes.

No public developer access found

Nothing on the maker’s own pages when we looked. Access may exist for customers. No SDK, API or developer pages for Atlas on the maker's site when checked. The developer site at dev.bostondynamics.com covers Spot and its payloads and does not mention Atlas.

From dev.bostondynamics.com, checked October 12, 2026. This describes what the maker publishes, not what the robot can do.

Where it works

1 reported deployment.

Map
  • Pilot

    Hyundai Motor Group · Robotics Metaplant Application Center, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America · Ellabell · since 2026-09

    Atlas robots train on real parts (unpacking, sequencing, loading cubbies) at Hyundai's new application centre at its Georgia plant, open since September 2026. All 2026 output committed to Hyundai RMAC and Google DeepMind The Robot Report

News

The latest 5, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Boston Dynamics explains Atlas's new four-finger hand

    Boston Dynamics' redesigned Atlas hand drops the little finger and uses 13 identical, directly driven actuators, and the company says it was designed for mass production and for training in simulation.

    The Robot Report
  2. Atlas delivers World Cup match ball

    Reuters coverage listed by Boston Dynamics shows Atlas delivering the match ball at the World Cup.

    Boston Dynamics
  3. Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter steps down

    Robert Playter stepped down as CEO immediately and would leave the company on February 27, 2026; CFO Amanda McMaster became interim CEO.

    Association for Advancing Automation
  4. Product Atlas unveiled at CES

    Boston Dynamics showed the production Atlas at Hyundai's CES media day and announced a Google DeepMind partnership.

    Boston Dynamics
  5. Hyundai plans 30,000-robot-a-year factory

    Hyundai's $26B US investment includes a robotics factory and plans to deploy tens of thousands of robots.

    Boston Dynamics

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

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Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Boston Dynamics Atlas Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics unveils new Atlas Robotics 24/7 CES 2026: Boston Dynamics unveils new Atlas humanoid robot Boston Dynamics Atlas sales sheet / specifications (12/23/2025) Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics unveils new Atlas robot to revolutionize industry Boston Dynamics Atlas Humanoid Robot Logo: Cleanoxygenforeveryone, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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