{
  "slug": "boston-dynamics-atlas",
  "name": "Atlas (electric)",
  "manufacturer": "Boston Dynamics",
  "manufacturer_slug": "boston-dynamics",
  "category": "humanoid",
  "categories": [
    "humanoid"
  ],
  "primary_industries": [
    "automotive",
    "manufacturing"
  ],
  "primary_use_cases": [
    "machine-tending",
    "material-handling"
  ],
  "generation": "Electric Atlas",
  "release_date": "2024",
  "country": "United States",
  "tagline": "A commercial humanoid moving from lab legend to first production units.",
  "summary": "The all-electric Atlas is Boston Dynamics' commercial humanoid, backed by Hyundai and moving toward first production/deployment. It carries strong engineering credibility and manufacturing backing, but as a productized worker it is early: initial units and pilots rather than a proven fleet. A high-pedigree platform whose economic case still has to be demonstrated on a real line.",
  "form_factor": "Bipedal humanoid (electric)",
  "commercial_status": "production",
  "status_note": "Reported to be entering first production/shipment; deployments in early stages.",
  "specs": {
    "height_cm": 150,
    "weight_kg": 89,
    "payload_kg": 25,
    "degrees_of_freedom": null,
    "speed_mps": 1.5,
    "battery_kwh": 2.0,
    "runtime_hours": 4,
    "charging": "Onboard battery",
    "sensors": [
      "cameras",
      "onboard perception"
    ],
    "mobility": "Bipedal walking (high range-of-motion joints)",
    "end_effectors": "Configurable grippers/hands",
    "environmental_limits": "Indoor industrial environments"
  },
  "spec_evidence": "manufacturer-reported",
  "economics": {
    "purchase_price_usd": null,
    "purchase_price_note": "Not publicly disclosed.",
    "price_estimate_low": 120000,
    "price_estimate_high": 200000,
    "price_evidence": "analyst-estimate",
    "raas_monthly_usd": null,
    "raas_note": "No standard published rate.",
    "integration_cost_estimate_usd": 40000,
    "annual_maintenance_estimate_usd": 16000,
    "energy_cost_annual_estimate_usd": 900,
    "useful_life_years_estimate": 5,
    "expected_utilization_pct": 55,
    "economics_evidence": "analyst-estimate"
  },
  "deployments": [
    {
      "customer": "Hyundai Motor Group (backer / intended user)",
      "industry": "Automotive manufacturing",
      "location": "United States / South Korea",
      "task": "Intended manufacturing use cases",
      "start_date": "2025-2026",
      "units": "First production units (reported)",
      "duration": "Early",
      "operating_environment": "Automotive manufacturing",
      "human_supervision": "Supervised",
      "documented_outcome": "Reported to be shipping first commercial units; broad throughput data not yet published.",
      "evidence_level": "demonstrated-unverified",
      "source": "Boston Dynamics / trade press",
      "source_url": "https://www.automate.org/robotics/industry-insights/boston-dynamics-to-begin-production-on-redesigned-atlas-humanoid-in-2026",
      "source_date": "2026"
    }
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "The electric Atlas is moving into first commercial production/shipment, backed by Hyundai.",
      "evidence_level": "demonstrated-unverified",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "verification_status": "reported; fleet outcomes not yet published",
      "source_url": "https://www.automate.org/robotics/industry-insights/boston-dynamics-to-begin-production-on-redesigned-atlas-humanoid-in-2026",
      "source_date": "2026",
      "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.automate.org/robotics/industry-insights/boston-dynamics-to-begin-production-on-redesigned-atlas-humanoid-in-2026"
  ],
  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
}