Atlas

Boston Dynamics' all-electric humanoid robot, announced April 2024 as a full redesign from the earlier hydraulic Atlas research platform. The electric Atlas stands 1.9 m (6.2 ft), weighs 90 kg, and features 56 degrees of freedom with a 2.3 m reach, 30 kg sustained payload, IP67 sealing, and a 4-hour battery with autonomous self-swap capability. Initial deployment is at Hyundai's Robotics Metaplant Application Center (RMAC) performing part sequencing, machine tending, and order-building; broader customer rollout is planned for 2027.

Yes. Atlas is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Not verified as fully autonomous. Atlas's capabilities on the DEPLOY registry are recorded as teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-only, or vendor claims (Picks and packs), not independently confirmed to run without a human in the loop.

Atlas's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Degrees of freedom: 56; Reach: 2.3 m; Height: 190 cm; IP rating: IP67; Weight: 50; Payload: 30 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.

Atlas is made by Boston Dynamics, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, founded in 1992.

9 verified deployments of Atlas are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, New York New Jersey Stadium, Google DeepMind Facility.

Atlas is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.

Atlas runs Atlas-Gemini. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable humanoid robots to Atlas include Walker S2, Digit, Unitree G1, Digit v5.

Atlas and Walker S2 (UBTech Robotics · 18 deployments) are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. Atlas has 9 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Atlas ranks in roughly the top 4% of humanoid models tracked by the registry.

Atlas is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.

Atlas has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 minor). Most recent: Jan 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.

Atlas uses reinforcement learning for locomotion, which is genuinely autonomous, but Atlas is a research platform with zero commercial deployments. Boston Dynamics is transparent about this being research, not a product. Atlas can autonomously navigate obstacles and perform parkour using learned policies, but it has not been deployed at any customer site for autonomous work.