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.

Deployment

Spot at United States

Name: Spot at United States
Location: United States

Spot is Boston Dynamics' commercially available quadruped robot for autonomous inspection and reality capture. Carrying laser scanners and 360-degree cameras, it runs repeatable Autowalk missions (record a path once, then execute autonomously with dynamic obstacle avoidance) and is widely used for industrial inspection across energy, utilities, manufacturing and construction; the Scout software manages fleets and missions. Roughly 1,500+ units are deployed globally (base price ~$74,500). It is distinct from Boston Dynamics' Stretch warehouse case-handling robot (see boston-dynamics-stretch) and the Atlas humanoid (see boston-dynamics-atlas), sharing only the manufacturer.

Spot by Boston Dynamics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

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REST API: /v1/robots/9dd705e9-a33f-41b2-b516-818571bd12a1
Data documentation: /data
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Key facts

Operator: National Grid
Site: Sandy Pond Converter Station (HVDC)
Use: Autonomous thermal and visual inspection of the high-voltage thyristor valve hall; identified hotspots preventing outages

Trust tier: Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
Last updated: 2026-06-06
Model: Spot
Company: Boston Dynamics
Location: United States
Status: active
ID: 9dd705e9-a33f-41b2-b516-818571bd12a1

Sources (2)

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-06

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-06

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: quadruped

Sources by quality tier

2: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

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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