Humanoids
Long-time CEO Robert Playter left Boston Dynamics in February 2026. Former Amazon executive Rohit Prasad took over as CEO in October 2026.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“Prasad will take over from Chief Financial Officer Amanda McMaster, who served as interim CEO after Playter left in February.”
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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.