The Waltham-based company, one of the world\u2019s leading manufacturers of advanced robots, announced a partnership with Google DeepMind to imbue its next-generation robot, Atlas, with a new level of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
Executives from Boston Dynamics and Google unveiled the partnership last month at the Consumer Electronics Show 2026 in Las Vegas, a showcase for the latest advances in technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strategic partnership will focus on enabling humanoids to complete a wide variety of industrial tasks,\u201d Boston Dynamicsthe company said in a blog post,<\/a> \u201cand is expected to become a driving force of manufacturing transformation, beginning in the automotive industry. The joint research effort, expected to kick off in the coming months, will be conducted at both companies.\u201d<\/p>\n Boston Dynamics announced its intention to build a commercial humanoid in 2024 after it became clear that advances in AI held the potential for swift progress in the robot industry. Google DeepMind has been developing Gemini Robotics, an AI model built on Google\u2019s large-scale Gemini AI model that is designed to allow robots of any shape and size to perceive, reason, use tools and interact with humans.<\/p>\n \u201cFor more than 30 years, Boston Dynamics has been building some of the world\u2019s most advanced robots,\u201d said Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, in a company statement. \u201cAtlas is going to revolutionize the way industry works, and it marks the first step toward a long-term goal we have dreamed about since we were children \u2013 useful robots that can walk into our homes and help make our lives safer, more productive and more fulfilling.\u201d<\/p>\n During an onstage presentation, Carolina Parada, senior director of robotics at Google DeepMind, said that the partnership aims \u201cto develop the world\u2019s most advanced robot foundation model to fulfill the promise of true general-purpose human needs.\u201d<\/p>\n Atlas learns new tasks quickly, adapts to dynamic environments, lifts heavy loads and works autonomously with minimal supervision. In many respects, it is more versatile<\/a> than humans, with joints, for example, that rotate 360 degrees, for example.<\/p>\n \u201c60 Minutes\u201d provided a vivid demonstration<\/a> of Atlas\u2019s capabilities (and limitations) in a segment shot at Boston Dynamics and at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.<\/p>\n Robots developed by Boston Dynamics, located off I-95 north of Trapelo Rd., are widely known for their feats of physical versatility.<\/p>\n Hyundai Motor Group, Boston Dynamics\u2019 majority shareholder, is preparing to deploy tens of thousands of Boston Dynamics\u2019 robots<\/a> into its own manufacturing facilities. The company also recently announced a $26 billion investment in its U.S. operations<\/a>, including plans to build a new robotics factory capable of producing 30,000 robots per year.<\/p>\n EMBED YOUTUBE = https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CbHeh7qwils<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/p>\n <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … partnership last month at the Consumer Electronics Show<\/span> 2026 in Las Vegas, a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}