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Boston Dynamics announced a partnership with Google DeepMind, Google's AI lab, on the AI that runs Atlas.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Boston Dynamics has announced a strategic partnership with Google DeepMind”
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 started producing its electric Atlas in January 2026 and said all of its 2026 Atlas deployments were already committed, including to Google DeepMind.
- 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.