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
- 9
- Website
- bostondynamics.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Atlas, a humanoid by Boston Dynamics (pilot): 9 verified deployments on record. 19 sources back the record.
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.)
- Sources on file
- View all sources →
Key facts
Form factor
Drive type
Application
Price
Availability
Pricing model
Atlas production ramp / ProtoOps hiring (company Instagram Sep 2026)
RMAC training live at HMGMA (company-stated, Sep 2026)
Next-gen GR3 hands 13 DOF direct-actuated (company-stated, Oct 2026)
Specs
Dof
Reach m
Height m
Ip rating
Runtime h
Drive type
Battery hours
Deployment site
Payload peak kg
Primary partner
Operating temp c
Announcement date
Payload sustained kg
Sourced specs
Individual specifications, each with its own source and date.
| Spec | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 190 cmclaimed | Atlas Humanoid Robot — Boston Dynamics product page |
| Max speed | 1.5 m/sclaimed as of Jan 1, 2024 | Boston Dynamics Atlas (hydraulic) product spec page: published 1.5 m/s walking/running speed; consistent with BD video demonstrations; bostondynamics.com/atlas archived 2024 |
| Payload | 50 kgclaimed as of Apr 17, 2024 | Atlas Humanoid Robot — Boston Dynamics product page |
| Weight | 89 kgclaimed | Atlas Humanoid Robot — Boston Dynamics product page |
To scale
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
6
Web sources
12
19 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.
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Atlas. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (9)
- Atlas at Waltham, Massachusetts, USAoperational
Production Atlas has a 4-hour battery life, prolonged indefinitely by the robot's ability to hot swap its own batteries in around 3 minutes.
- Atlas at Waltham, Massachusetts, USAoperational
Boston Dynamics unveiled the production version of Atlas in January 2026, with manufacturing beginning immediately and customer deployments scheduled at Hyundai and Google DeepMind.
- Atlas at Waltham, Massachusetts, USAoperational
Boston Dynamics expands Massachusetts footprint with new 323,000 sq ft facility in Waltham.
- Atlas at New York New Jersey Stadiumoperational
Atlas robot stepped onto the field during halftime of FIFA World Cup 2026 Norway-Brazil round of 16 match.
- Atlas at Google DeepMind Facilityannounced
Boston Dynamics announces Atlas deployment at Google DeepMind as part of new AI partnership.
Hyundai plans to deploy 25,000 Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robots across US auto plants, with Georgia expected to go first.
- Atlas at Hyundai Metaplant Georgia, USAoperational
Boston Dynamics Atlas deployed at Hyundai Metaplant Georgia.
Google DeepMind received a portion of Boston Dynamics' entire 2026 Atlas production run for AI research.
Verified scope: R&D / validation phase at Hyundai's Robot Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) at the Savannah Metaplant, not commercial production.
Atlas on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere Atlas is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Boston Dynamics Atlas (electric)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 14, 2026
at Hyundai Metaplant Georgia, USA
- Deployment recordedJul 5, 2026
at New York New Jersey Stadium
- Price point recordedJun 17, 2026
Not announced
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Atlas, can you bring me a drink? | Boston Dynamics
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)
Manufacturer-attributed media (1)
Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.
Runs on (1)
- Atlas-Geminifoundation-model · pilot
Supply chain (2)
Actuators & motors
- Harmonic DriveHarmonic Drive strain-wave gearboxes -- wrist and elbow joint transmissionssuppliesclaimed
- 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.
Components (1)
primary inference compute
Components carry componentClass + safetyCritical flag. ModelComponent rows carry safety_role (primary_safety / backup_safety / monitoring / non_safety) + optional supplier identity.
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Incidents affecting Atlas (1)
- Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robot loses hand during backflip at CES 2026 demo2026-01-07 · Malfunction
Includes incidents linked directly to this model or to deployments of it. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (19)
- https://bostondynamics.com/atlas/ · 2026-01-01
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(robot) · 2026-01-01
- 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/
- https://bostondynamics.com/products/atlas/ · 2024-04-17
- https://www.therobotreport.com/boston-dynamics-google-reunite-on-next-gen-atlas-humanoid/ · 2025-07-01
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Methodology: Verified · 19 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-02
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-02
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 11
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 4
- 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
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Atlas from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
MongoDB launches Atlas Agent Engine for production AI
Customers can now run AI agents with built-in memory and governance as MongoDB tries to move them from pilots into daily use.
76,000 lighthouses shine in interactive atlas
No sailing experience required. The post 76,000 lighthouses shine in interactive atlas appeared first on Popular Science .
Boston Dynamics unveils new four-finger hand for Atlas humanoid robot
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new four-finger hand for its Atlas humanoid robot, designed to combine the dexterity needed for complex manipulation and tool use with the strength…
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is done doing backflips and is finally ready to clock in
Boston Dynamics and Hyundai are preparing to bring Atlas humanoid robots to factories, with plans to produce 30,000 robots annually and deploy 25,000 Atlas units for industrial…
Royal Air Force says £190 million Airbus support deal will raise daily mission-capable Atlas aircraft availability by 30%
The Royal Air Force expects a £190 million support contract extension with Airbus to raise daily availability of fully mission-capable Atlas aircraft from 10 to 13 by the end of…
Atlas Robot’s New Hand May Outperform Humanlike Designs
Today, Boston Dynamics is announcing a redesigned hand for its Atlas robot . The previous generation could do some crazy superhuman things with its three fingers, but it was never…
Volkswagen begins new Atlas assembly at Chattanooga plant
Volkswagen is relying on a renewed Atlas to defend its place in the US three-row SUV segment, where locally built rivals compete hard The post Volkswagen begins new Atlas assembly…
Pagaya Secures Nearly $700 Million Variable Funding Note Facility With ATLAS SP Partners
Pagaya Technologies has closed its first Variable Funding Note facility with ATLAS SP Partners, establishing nearly $700 million in committed funding capacity for its personal…
Atlas’ Malacacheta emerges as South America’s largest graphite project
Estimate gives Malacacheta 17.2 million indicated tonnes grading 5.73% graphitic carbon.
Flexport launches MCP Server for AI agents to book freight
Flexport's latest release pairs an MCP server for outside AI agents with a workforce of internal agents the company says handles 21 million tasks a year, plus Atlas and customs…
BAE Systems Australia and Canadian partner TerraSense put AI targeting for ATLAS uncrewed vehicle through demanding field trials
A targeting system being developed for BAE Systems Australia’s ATLAS uncrewed ground vehicle improved its performance during two weeks of field trials that exposed tracking errors…
Codebreaker Labs Raises $4.5M Seed
Codebreaker Labs raises $4.5M in seed funding led by Kickstart to scale its genomic AI platform and develop proprietary variant Atlases.
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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Reality vs attention
Atlas draws attention at the 100th percentile but verifies reality at the 96th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap +3.5, 54th widest among humanoids.
Analysis
Above-average adoption relative to same-category peers. Strong recent media coverage and press activity.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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: Oct 5, 2026
Runs on
- NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor(primary inference compute)reported
Chip integration for Atlas sourced from public claims. See every AI chip on record for the full catalog.
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