# Spot at United States: deployment

Canonical ID: `1cf19b73-2ce5-4e32-91cf-28b220ab4af4`

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Consumers Energy
- **Site:** Blackstone Substation, Jackson, Michigan
- **Use:** Autonomous Autowalk missions for thermal scanning and gauge reading to detect electrical hotspots

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-06_

- **Slug:** spot-consumers-energy-substation
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Spot](/models/boston-dynamics-spot.md) (id: `223bb4ff-a2d7-4afd-825d-f6b15c34afa9`)
- **Company:** [Boston Dynamics](/companies/boston-dynamics.md) (id: `e07a6384-c6a0-4a69-8abe-7fcea11bc302`)
- **Location:** [United States](/locations/united-states.md) (id: `aa8b9c05-c836-4021-801f-59801970401e`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/jackson-hillsdale/consumers-energy-has-a-new-four-legged-helper-in-jackson
2. https://bostondynamics.com/blog/retrospective-on-boston-dynamics-spot-robot-uses/

## Common questions

### What is the Spot deployment at United States?

Spot, built by Boston Dynamics, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. Boston Dynamics operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Spot at United States?

Boston Dynamics, the manufacturer of Spot, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Is the Spot deployment at United States still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.

### Have there been incidents at the Spot deployment at United States?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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