Deployment
Atlas at Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Boston Dynamics' all-electric humanoid robot, announced April 2024 as a full redesign from the earlier hydraulic Atlas research platform. The electric Atlas stands 1.9 m (6.2 ft), weighs 90 kg, and features 56 degrees of freedom with a 2.3 m reach, 30 kg sustained payload, IP67 sealing, and a 4-hour battery with autonomous self-swap capability. Initial deployment is at Hyundai's Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) performing part sequencing, machine tending, and order-building; broader customer rollout is planned for 2027.
Atlas by Boston Dynamics · Unverified · Humanoids
Recent coverage
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Boston Dynamics unveiled the production version of Atlas in January 2026, with manufacturing beginning immediately and customer deployments scheduled at Hyundai and Google DeepMind.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Atlas at Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Trust tier
- Unverifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-27
- Model
- Atlas
- Company
- Boston Dynamics
- Location
- Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
- Operator
- Boston Dynamics
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2026-01-01
- ID
58fc1f41-c461-4957-80bb-6503f7208836
Timeline
- Jan 2026First recordedAtlas first documented operating at Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
- Aug 2026Current status: operationalLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
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Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-27
Verification posture
Unreviewed
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Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-27
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
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