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Spot conducts autonomous outdoor rounds and manual thyristor valve hall inspections every two weeks. First robot ever inside an energized thyristor valve hall (450kV DC / 345kV AC). Equipped with 30x optical zoom PTZ camera and IR camera for hotspot detection. Mesh radio network (14 radios) allows control from control room via Orbit platform. Discovered oil leak on bushing, enabling planned outage. 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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","industryVertical":null,"environment":null,"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. Distinct from Stretch (warehouse case-handling; see boston-dynamics-stretch) and Atlas (humanoid; see boston-dynamics-atlas)."}],"battery":"564 Wh","runtime":"90 min","products":"Spot - an agile mobile quadruped robot carrying laser scanners / 360 cameras for autonomous construction-site reality capture and progress documentation","ip_rating":"IP54","max_speed":"1.6 m/s","weight_kg":32.7,"formFactor":"construction (quadruped robot used for autonomous construction-site documentation / progress monitoring)","payload_kg":14},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/","title":"Boston Dynamics Spot quadruped robot (official product page)","sourceName":"Boston Dynamics (official)"},{"url":"https://bostondynamics.com/solutions/construction/","title":"Spot for construction: autonomous site documentation / progress monitoring (official)","sourceName":"Boston Dynamics (official)"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/spot-construction-site-monitoring-boston-dynamics/","title":"Spot autonomous construction-site monitoring (reality capture / 360 scans)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://www.constructiondive.com/news/boston-dynamics-spot-construction-sites/","title":"Spot deployed on construction sites for progress documentation","sourceName":"Construction Dive"},{"url":"https://www.enr.com/articles/boston-dynamics-spot-construction-reality-capture","title":"Spot reality-capture on jobsites (GCs, surveying integrations)","sourceName":"Engineering News-Record"},{"url":"https://bostondynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/spot-specifications.pdf","title":"Spot Specifications","sourceName":"Boston Dynamics (official)"}],"aliases":["Boston Dynamics Spot","Spot robot","SpotMini"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"keyFacts":[{"label":"Form factor","value":"quadruped"},{"label":"Price","value":"~$74,500"},{"label":"Deployed units","value":"1,500+ globally"},{"label":"Autonomy level","value":"autonomous Autowalk missions with dynamic obstacle avoidance"},{"label":"Sensor suite","value":"laser scanners and 360-degree cameras"}],"createdAt":"2026-06-03T17:40:26.025Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-15T13:21:47.698Z","unitsInFieldClaimed":null,"unitsInFieldVerified":null,"unitsManufacturedClaimed":null,"unitsManufacturedVerified":null,"unitsAsOf":null,"unitsSource":null,"salesModel":null,"priceUndisclosedSince":null,"autonomyClass":null,"autonomyStatement":null,"autonomyStatementSource":null,"demoForensics":null,"exportControlClass":null,"minCommitment":null,"warrantyTerms":null,"serviceModel":null,"productionRateClaimed":null,"productionRateEvidenced":null,"teleopRatioDisclosed":null,"interventionRateDisclosed":null,"company":{"id":"e07a6384-c6a0-4a69-8abe-7fcea11bc302","name":"Boston Dynamics","slug":"boston-dynamics","description":"One of the most iconic names in robotics, founded 1992 (MIT spinout) and acquired by Hyundai Motor Group in June 2021 at a ~$1.1 billion valuation. 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