Atlas
Electric humanoid robot for industrial automation
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Atlas is Boston Dynamics' fully electric humanoid robot built for enterprise and industrial applications such as material handling. Designed for strength and a range of motion that exceeds human limits, it is intended for autonomous operation in real-world workspaces. Boston Dynamics positions it as an enterprise-grade industrial humanoid currently moving from development into early customer field testing.
Released: 2024
- Price
- Contact for pricing
- Height
- 1.9 m Manufacturer
- Weight
- 90 kg Manufacturer
- Payload
- 50 kg Manufacturer
- Degrees of freedom
- 56 Manufacturer
- Battery
- 4 hours Manufacturer
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- Spec sources
- 1 linked
- Verification
- Verified Jul 6, 2026 · every displayed spec is source-checked
- Availability
- Piloting
- Last verified
- Jul 6, 2026
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Overview
Atlas is Boston Dynamics' fully electric humanoid robot, the successor to its earlier hydraulic research platform. The company presents it as an enterprise-grade industrial humanoid designed to operate autonomously in real-world workspaces, with a particular emphasis on material handling and other repetitive physical tasks.
The electric Atlas is engineered for strength and a range of motion that can move beyond human limits, allowing it to reorient and manipulate objects in ways a person cannot. Boston Dynamics frames it as built not just to function in industrial environments but to transform them through a combination of physical capability and intelligent autonomy.
Atlas is in an early commercial phase rather than general availability. Boston Dynamics describes a first customer pilot with Hyundai for field testing on real-world sequencing tasks, with a staged plan to engage a select group of early-adopter customers before broader integration and scaling.
Key Features
- Fully electric humanoid design built for enterprise and industrial use
- Range of motion that extends beyond human limits for flexible manipulation
- Tactile sensing combined with a 360-degree camera view for perception
- Rugged, ingress-protected build rated for dusty and wet industrial environments
- Intelligent autonomy aimed at material handling and sequencing tasks
Specifications
Environment
| IP Rating | IP67 |
Mechanics
| Degrees of Freedom | 56 |
| Locomotion | Bipedal |
Performance
| Payload Capacity | 50 kg |
| Reach | 2.3 m (2300 mm) |
Physical
| Weight | 90 kg |
| Height | 1.9 m |
Power
| Battery Life | 4 hours |
Sensing
| Sensors | Tactile sensing, 360-degree camera view |
Compare with similar robots
| Atlas | Unitree H2 | TORA-ONE | THEMIS V2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | On request | On request | On request | On request |
| Height | 1.9 m | 180 cm | 146-186 cm (foldable/adjustable) | 1.6 m |
| Weight | 90 kg | 70 kg | — | 37.5 kg |
| Payload | 50 kg | 21 kg | 5 kg per arm (rated) | 15 kg |
| Reach | 2.3 m (2300 mm) | — | — | — |
| Max speed | — | — | 0.6 m/s | 2.78 m/s |
| Degrees of freedom | 56 | 31 | 47 | 40 |
| Battery | 4 hours | — | 8 hours | 3 hours |
Evidence & changelog
Sources
- Boston Dynamics - tranche-1 verification · Boston Dynamics — cites Height, Weight, Degrees of Freedom, Payload Capacity, Reach, Battery Life, IP Rating, Locomotion, Sensors
Record changelog
- Sensors: Depth sensors, IMU, force/torque sensors → Tactile sensing, 360-degree camera view · Jul 6, 2026
tranche-1 verification (corrected): BD publishes tactile and 360-degree camera view; worksheet list unpublished
- Reach: 2.3 m → 2.3 m (2300 mm) · Jul 6, 2026
tranche-1 verification (corrected): Value right; stored numeric 2.3 wrong for mm unit
- Degrees of Freedom: 28 → 56 · Jul 6, 2026
tranche-1 verification (corrected): 28 was hydraulic-era figure; BD lists 56 DoF
- Weight: 89 kg → 90 kg · Jul 6, 2026
tranche-1 verification (corrected): 89 kg was hydraulic Atlas; electric spec is 90 kg
- Height: 1.5 m → 1.9 m · Jul 6, 2026
tranche-1 verification (corrected): 1.5 m was retired hydraulic Atlas; electric Atlas is 1.9 m
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Manufacturer
Leading developer of advanced mobile robots including Spot, Stretch, and Atlas for industrial and research applications.
- Headquarters
- Waltham, MA, USA
- Founded
- 1992
- Website
- Official site
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