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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.","formFactor":"quadruped","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Spot is Boston Dynamics' commercially available quadruped robot, widely used on construction sites for autonomous reality capture (360 photo/laser scans) and progress documentation, running repeatable Autowalk missions integrated with surveying/reality-capture workflows. Available for commercial purchase; maturity=commercial."},{"label":"Form-factor note","value":"Recorded under formFactor=construction to surface in the construction category (its dominant commercial use-case is jobsite inspection/documentation). Spot is physically a quadruped; this is the same multi-use-case tension noted for other platforms. 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