Spot
The publicly-priced quadruped that made robot inspection routine.
by Boston Dynamics · United States
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.
Specifications
Spec evidence: manufacturer reported
Economics estimates
| Purchase price | $74,500 manufacturer reported |
| As-a-Service | Primarily sold; some integrators offer service models. |
| Est. integration | $25,000 analyst estimate |
| Est. annual maintenance | $10,000 analyst estimate |
| Est. annual energy | $400 analyst estimate |
| Assumed useful life | 5 yrs |
Public base price for the Spot Explorer/base configuration; autonomy (Spot Enterprise), the arm, docks, and payloads add cost. Most robot pricing is not publicly disclosed; figures shown as ranges or estimates are labeled with their evidence level and must be verified before use.
Documented deployments
Widely deployed for repeatable inspection routes.
Source: Boston Dynamics (2020-2026)
Evidence & sources
| Claim | Evidence | Verification | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spot has a public base price (around $74,500 for the base configuration) and a large installed inspection base. | manufacturer reported | public pricing; widely reported deployments | source |