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Stretch
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CommercialUnited StatesFully autonomous

Boston Dynamics · working robot

Stretch

Stretch drives into trailers and unloads boxes up to 50 lb. Boston Dynamics first claimed up to 800 cases an hour; later brochures say 600 to 800.

Price
—Price not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
—Not published
Payload
23 kgCarries more than 20%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

A mobile case-handling robot: a 7-axis arm with a suction gripper on an omnidirectional base about the size of a pallet.

Real-world use

DHL had 10 Stretch robots in three countries by June 2025 and signed a memorandum in May 2025 to add more than 1,000.

Timeline

First shown
2021
Released
2022
Introduced as a prototype (some coverage dates the commercial launch to 2022)

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 working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

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  2. MiR600Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR, Teradyne) · 2021600 kg
  3. Baubot (later MRS5 and MRS15)Baubot (fischer BAUBOT; formerly Printstones) · 2021500 kg
  4. Amigafarm-ng (now Bonsai Robotics) · 2021363 kg
  5. BunkerAgileX Robotics · 2021120 kg
  6. StretchBoston Dynamics · 202123 kg
  7. Cartken CourierCartken · 202120 kg
  8. NeubieNeubility · 202120 kg

Stretch carries more than 20% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Payload 23 kg 1.5 kg2268 kg #68 of 85 · carries more than 20%

Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

How much public attention Stretch gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
  • 4 reported deployments

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
Wheeled base
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Once positioned at a trailer it picks and unloads boxes on its own.
Hands
Single industrial arm with a suction gripper that handles boxes up to about 23 kg (50 lb)
Battery & power
Battery for one or more shifts per charge (maker gives no hour figure)
Other details
Unloads up to about 700 cases an hour (DHL figure); mobile base drives into trucks and containers; maker says it runs within days of delivery

Lineage

Every Boston Dynamics machine in order.

  1. RHexRHex2001Research
  2. BigDogBigDog2005Retired
  3. LittleDogLittleDog2005Retired
  4. RiSERiSE2006Retired
  5. Sand FleaSand Flea2012Retired
  6. LS3 (Legged Squad Support System)LS3 (Legged Squad Support System)2012Retired
  7. CheetahCheetah2012Retired
  8. WildCatWildCat2013Retired
  9. Spot (now called Spot Classic)Spot (now called Spot Classic)2015Retired
  10. SpotMiniSpotMini2016Retired
  11. HandleHandle2017Retired
  12. Handle (logistics version)Handle (logistics version)2019Retired
  13. SpotSpot2019Commercial
  14. StretchStretch2021Commercial
  15. Spot Enterprise and Spot ArmSpot Enterprise and Spot Arm2021Commercial

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Watch Stretch

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 publishedPrice not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
DHL first deployed Stretch in North America in 2023 and plans 1,000+ more by 2030
Where it is sold or used
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Customers and pilots
DHL Supply Chain, Otto Group, NFI, Gap Inc., Arvato, Maersk, H&M

Where it works

4 reported deployments.

Map
  • Deployed

    Otto Group (Hermes Fulfilment) · Hermes Fulfilment centre · Haldensleben

    Stretch unloads boxes from trailers and shipping containers at Otto Group's Hermes Fulfilment centre in Haldensleben. Boston Dynamics

  • Deployed

    Lidl · Lidl e-commerce warehouse · Venlo

    Lidl already uses Stretch at its e-commerce warehouse in Venlo and is rolling it out to import warehouses in 2026. Lidl plans 22 Stretch robots across import warehouses in four countries in 2026 (Dec 2025) Automated Warehouse

  • Deployed

    Gap Inc. · Gap distribution center · Gallatin

    Gap uses Stretch to unload trailers at its 1.4-million-square-foot distribution center in Gallatin, Tennessee. Stretch has moved over 1.3 million boxes there (Jun 2025) Automated Warehouse

  • Pilot

    Gap Inc. · Gap distribution center · Fishkill

    Gap ran its first beta test of Stretch trailer unloading at its Fishkill, New York distribution center. Automated Warehouse

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. DHL plans 1,000 more Stretch robots

    DHL signed a memorandum with Boston Dynamics to add more than 1,000 Stretch robots by 2030 and develop mobile case picking.

    Automated Warehouse

Sources

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

Boston Dynamics Stretch Boston Dynamics Stretch brochure 2025 Manufacturing.net New Boston Dynamics robot moves 800 cases per hour Supply Chain Digital DHL to deploy 1,000 Boston Dynamics robots in warehouses Automated Warehouse From case unloading to picking and beyond with DHL and Boston Dynamics Automated Warehouse DHL buying 1,000+ Stretch robots

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