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Boston Dynamics retired its hydraulic Atlas research robot and showed a new, fully electric Atlas. It said Hyundai would be the first customer to test it.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“This week we announced the retirement of our hydraulic Atlas and unveiled what comes next”
What it means
Atlas (electric), from Boston Dynamics, is at stage 1 of 5 on our ladder: demo only. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Atlas (electric)
- Boston Dynamics opened a training center for Atlas inside Hyundai's Metaplant America campus in Georgia.
- Long-time CEO Robert Playter left Boston Dynamics in February 2026. Former Amazon executive Rohit Prasad took over as CEO in October 2026.
- At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Boston Dynamics showed the product version of Atlas, the one meant for customers.
- Boston Dynamics announced a partnership with Google DeepMind, Google's AI lab, on the AI that runs Atlas.
- Boston Dynamics started producing its electric Atlas in January 2026 and said all of its 2026 Atlas deployments were already committed, including to Google DeepMind.