Atlas is Boston Dynamics' fully electric humanoid robot, unveiled in its current production form at CES 2026 and now entering commercial pilot use rather than open sale — it is not available to buy or lease by the general public. The first units are committed for 2026 to Hyundai's Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) and to Google DeepMind, with Boston Dynamics describing Atlas as its most capable robot yet for industrial material handling and part sequencing.
What it is
Atlas is a bipedal, general-purpose industrial humanoid designed for tasks like material handling, order building, part sequencing, and machine tending in manufacturing and logistics settings, built to operate autonomously, via teleoperation, or through a tablet steering interface.
Manufacturer & origin
Atlas is made by Boston Dynamics, headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, a robotics company majority-owned by Hyundai Motor Group. Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter called the current Atlas "the best robot we have ever built," and the company says production started immediately after its January 2026 unveiling, with a dedicated 30,000-unit-per-year Atlas factory planned for 2028 as part of Hyundai's broader $26 billion US manufacturing investment.
Build type & design
Atlas is a fully electric bipedal humanoid with 56 degrees of freedom and fully rotational joints, giving it a 2.3-meter reach. Its actuators are custom high-powered units supplied by Hyundai Mobis, and Boston Dynamics has said the design significantly reduces the number of unique parts and is built for compatibility with automotive supply chains. Hands feature tactile sensing in the fingers and palms for dexterous grasping, and the robot has a 360-degree camera view plus tactile sensing for perception.
Core specs
- Height: 1.9 m (6.2 ft); Weight: 90 kg (198 lbs)
- Degrees of freedom: 56; Reach: 2.3 m (7.5 ft)
- Payload: up to 50 kg (110 lbs) instantaneous, 30 kg (66 lbs) sustained
- Battery: about 4 hours of runtime, with autonomous, self-swappable battery packs for continuous operation
- Environmental rating: IP67, operable from -20°C to 40°C (-4°F to 104°F)
- AI/fleet software: Boston Dynamics' Orbit platform for fleet learning and deployment, with an integration path to Google DeepMind foundation models
What it's used for
Atlas is targeted at industrial tasks: material handling, order fulfillment, part sequencing, machine tending, and barcode-scanning workflows, with its first real-world pilot focused on automotive part sequencing at Hyundai's RMAC facility.
Availability & price
Atlas is not for sale or lease to the general public and has no public price. Boston Dynamics is working with "a select number of early adopters" through a pilot program; all confirmed 2026 deployments go to Hyundai and Google DeepMind, with additional enterprise customers planned for 2027 as production scales toward a 30,000-unit-per-year factory targeted for 2028.