cleaning
Parts sequencing, sorting and material handling
Controlled demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- Research settings; factory rollout staged through 2028-2030
Research record R-011Limited delivery
Atlas
By Boston Dynamics · United States · announced April 2024
The most athletically capable humanoid ever built, now a production machine whose entire 2026 output is claimed by Hyundai and Google DeepMind.
Broader research scope
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Research summary
What the record says.
Atlas is robotics royalty. The hydraulic version spent a decade doing backflips and parkour as the world's most-watched research robot; the all-electric successor unveiled in April 2024 traded theatrics for work, with 360-degree joint range and superhuman range of motion. At CES on January 5, 2026, Boston Dynamics unveiled the production version and announced manufacturing had begun at its Boston headquarters.
The entire 2026 production run is committed to two customers: Hyundai's Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) in Georgia, a data factory for training manufacturing skills, and Google DeepMind, whose Gemini Robotics foundation models are being put on Atlas under a partnership announced the same day. Additional customers are planned for 2027; Hyundai's roadmap has Atlas doing parts sequencing by 2028 and complex assembly by 2030, with a plant capable of 30,000 robots per year.
Atlas also carries the field's research pedigree: an August 2025 collaboration with Toyota Research Institute demonstrated a Large Behavior Model performing long-horizon packing and sorting with whole-body control.
Delivery evidence
Announcement is not arrival.
Manufacturer claim
Production started January 2026; fleets committed and shipping to RMAC and Google DeepMind (completion of deliveries not yet publicly confirmed)
Capability ledger
What has actually been shown?
2 material claims are separated by evidence setting and human involvement. The strongest recorded signal is Real-world demo; it does not automatically transfer to every row.
entertainment
The industry's defining viral athletics
Real-world demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- Choreographed but genuinely autonomous execution
Hardware record.
- Height
- 150 cm
- Weight
- 89 kg
- Locomotion
- Bipedal, with 360-degree joint rotation enabling non-human poses
- Payload
- 25 kg class (company statements)
- Runtime
- Swappable battery, hours-scale shifts
- Charging
- Battery swap and dock
- Top speed
- Fast walking; famous dynamic mobility
- Degrees of freedom
- Not fully published; extreme range of motion per joint
- Hands
- Three-finger and dexterous gripper options
- Face / expression
- Ring light head; no face
- Sensors
- Cameras, depth sensors, force sensing throughout
Software record.
- AI platform
- Boston Dynamics AI stack; Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics (2026 partnership); TRI Large Behavior Models (research)
- Voice
- Not a product feature
- Languages
- Not applicable
- Visual recognition
- Part and fixture recognition
- Memory
- Task models
- Processing
- Onboard with fleet learning
- Autonomous abilities
- Long-horizon manipulation shown in research demos; factory autonomy in development at RMAC
- Teleoperation
- Research and training use
- Software updates
- Fleet software
- Developer access
- Partner research programs
Who can see, hear, or take control?
- Recording storage
- Enterprise-controlled
- Remote operation possible
- Yes
- Teleoperation disclosure
- Workplace protocols
- Camera / microphone controls
- Site controlled
- Data deletion
- Contract governed
- Account required
- Enterprise
- Emergency stop
- Industrial e-stop
- Children and pets
- Not applicable (industrial)
- Security updates
- Enterprise support
Open questions
Disputed or unverified.
- Whether 2026 deliveries to RMAC and DeepMind have physically completed is not publicly confirmed
Lifecycle record
Status history.
- Research project
Hydraulic Atlas debuts (DARPA program)
- Prototype
All-electric Atlas unveiled; hydraulic version retired
- Prototype
TRI Large Behavior Model collaboration demo
- Limited delivery
Production Atlas unveiled at CES; manufacturing begins; 2026 fleets committed to Hyundai RMAC and Google DeepMind
Source register
3 linked sources.
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