{
  "slug": "boston-dynamics-spot",
  "name": "Spot",
  "manufacturer": "Boston Dynamics",
  "manufacturer_slug": "boston-dynamics",
  "category": "inspection",
  "categories": [
    "quadruped",
    "inspection"
  ],
  "primary_industries": [
    "utilities",
    "manufacturing",
    "energy"
  ],
  "primary_use_cases": [
    "autonomous-inspection"
  ],
  "generation": "Spot (Enterprise)",
  "release_date": "2020",
  "country": "United States",
  "tagline": "The publicly-priced quadruped that made robot inspection routine.",
  "summary": "Spot is a quadruped robot with a genuinely public base price and a large installed base doing autonomous inspection rounds in plants, substations, and construction sites. It is the most 'Kelley-Blue-Book-able' machine in this dataset: known price, known job, real fleet history. For MachineWorth, Spot is proof that the economic-intelligence model works best where a machine has a defined route and a defined price.",
  "form_factor": "Quadruped with optional arm",
  "commercial_status": "commercially-available",
  "status_note": "Sold commercially with a public base price; enterprise autonomy add-ons priced separately.",
  "specs": {
    "height_cm": 84,
    "weight_kg": 33,
    "payload_kg": 14,
    "degrees_of_freedom": 12,
    "speed_mps": 1.6,
    "battery_kwh": 0.6,
    "runtime_hours": 1.5,
    "charging": "Dock (autonomous) available",
    "sensors": [
      "stereo cameras",
      "optional thermal/acoustic/LiDAR payloads"
    ],
    "mobility": "Quadruped walking",
    "end_effectors": "Optional Spot Arm gripper",
    "environmental_limits": "Indoor/outdoor, IP54-class"
  },
  "spec_evidence": "manufacturer-reported",
  "economics": {
    "purchase_price_usd": 74500,
    "purchase_price_note": "Public base price for the Spot Explorer/base configuration; autonomy (Spot Enterprise), the arm, docks, and payloads add cost.",
    "price_estimate_low": 74500,
    "price_estimate_high": 200000,
    "price_evidence": "manufacturer-reported",
    "raas_monthly_usd": null,
    "raas_note": "Primarily sold; some integrators offer service models.",
    "integration_cost_estimate_usd": 25000,
    "annual_maintenance_estimate_usd": 10000,
    "energy_cost_annual_estimate_usd": 400,
    "useful_life_years_estimate": 5,
    "expected_utilization_pct": 60,
    "economics_evidence": "manufacturer-reported"
  },
  "deployments": [
    {
      "customer": "Utilities, energy, and manufacturing operators",
      "industry": "Utilities / energy / manufacturing",
      "location": "Global",
      "task": "Autonomous inspection rounds (gauges, thermal, acoustic)",
      "start_date": "2020-present",
      "units": "Large installed base",
      "duration": "Ongoing",
      "operating_environment": "Plants, substations, construction",
      "human_supervision": "Low; autonomous missions with oversight",
      "documented_outcome": "Widely deployed for repeatable inspection routes.",
      "evidence_level": "manufacturer-reported",
      "source": "Boston Dynamics",
      "source_url": "https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/",
      "source_date": "2020-2026"
    }
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Spot has a public base price (around $74,500 for the base configuration) and a large installed inspection base.",
      "evidence_level": "manufacturer-reported",
      "confidence": "high",
      "verification_status": "public pricing; widely reported deployments",
      "source_url": "https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/",
      "source_date": "2020-2026",
      "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/"
  ],
  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
}