Robot model
Atlas
Boston Dynamics' all-electric humanoid robot, announced April 2024 as a full redesign from the earlier hydraulic Atlas research platform.
- Manufacturer
- Boston Dynamics
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- bostondynamics.com ↗
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 12 sources, view all
Key facts
Form factor
humanoid
Drive type
bipedal electric
Application
industrial manufacturing
Specs
Dof
56
Reach m
2.3
Height m
1.9
Ip rating
IP67
Weight kg
90
Drive type
bipedal electric
Battery hours
4
Deployment site
Hyundai RMAC (Robotics Metaplant Application Center)
Payload peak kg
50
Primary partner
Hyundai Motor Group
Operating temp c
-20 to 40
Announcement date
April 17, 2024
Payload sustained kg
30
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
5
Web sources
6
12 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Not sold (internal use)
- Price
- Not publicly disclosed
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Autonomous
- What the maker claims
- “In this video, Atlas is demonstrating policies developed using reinforcement learning with references from human motion capture”
- Flagship demo
- lab footage · speed altered (unclear) · independently corroborated: partial
Accountability: Boston Dynamics has a Claim Integrity of 67% (2 of 3 public claims verified). See the industry ledger.
Deployments (2)
Operated by Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind received a portion of Boston Dynamics' entire 2026 Atlas production run for AI research.
Operated by Hyundai Motor Group
Verified scope: R&D / validation phase at Hyundai's Robot Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) at the Savannah Metaplant, not commercial production.
Recent activity
- CreatedMay 25, 2026
Deployment-verified media (1)
Boston Dynamics' canonical Electric Atlas unveiling video on their verified YouTube channel (@BostonDynamics), posted April 17 2024. Tagged claimed-only: a curated capability demonstration; Boston Dynamics did not explicitly disclose the autonomy level for the footage.
From deployment: Hyundai Metaplant America (Savannah)
Runs on (1)
- Atlas-Geminifoundation-model · pilot
Supply chain (1)
Actuators & motors
- Hyundai MobisHumanoid actuators for next-generation electric Atlassuppliesannounced
Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Atlas.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (12)
- Boston Dynamics: Atlas · https://bostondynamics.com/atlas/ · 2026-01-01
- Atlas (robot): Wikipedia · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(robot) · 2026-01-01
- An Electric New Era for Atlas · https://bostondynamics.com/blog/electric-new-era-for-atlas/ · 2024-04-17
- https://bostondynamics.com/blog/large-behavior-models-atlas-find-new-footing/
- https://www.tri.global/news/ai-powered-robot-boston-dynamics-and-toyota-research-institute-takes-key-step-towards-general
- https://rai-inst.com/resources/press-release/boston-dynamics-atlas-partnership/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-debuts-electric-version-of-atlas-humanoid-robot/
- https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-atlas-scott-kuindersma
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/boston-dynamics-atlas-humanoid-robot-goes-electric/
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/boston-dynamics-new-electric-atlas-can-do-push-ups/
- Atlas Robot - Boston Dynamics · https://bostondynamics.com/products/atlas/ · 2024-04-17
- Boston Dynamics and Google reunite on next-gen Atlas humanoid · https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-google-reunite-on-next-gen-atlas-humanoid/ · 2025-07-01
Compare Atlas
Common questions
- What is Atlas?
- 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.
- Is Atlas actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Atlas is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Atlas?
- Atlas is made by Boston Dynamics, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, founded in 1992.
- Where is Atlas deployed?
- 2 verified deployments of Atlas are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Mountain View, Hyundai Metaplant America (Savannah).
- What AI powers Atlas?
- Atlas runs Atlas-Gemini. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.
- What are alternatives to Atlas?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable humanoid robots to Atlas include Digit, Walker S2, Apollo, Unitree H2 Plus.
- How does Atlas compare to Digit?
- Atlas and Digit (Agility Robotics · 8 deployments) are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. Atlas has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Atlas a top humanoid?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Atlas ranks in roughly the top 4% of humanoid models tracked by the registry.
- What is Atlas's maturity stage?
- Atlas is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.
- Is Atlas safe?
- Atlas has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 12 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 3
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 2
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Atlas.Recent coverage
Atlas in third-party press
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Atlas from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/boston-dynamics-atlas.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/c2f5e5cd-94a3-45ce-9395-8822efa85ee7
- Revision history: /models/boston-dynamics-atlas/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/boston-dynamics-atlas
Video
In this video, Atlas is demonstrating policies developed using reinforcement learning with references from human motion capture and animation. This work was done as part of a research partnership between Boston Dynamics
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DEPLOY Intelligence Score
53.6/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 9, 2026
Intelligence layer