COMPANIES · ROBOTICS & PHYSICAL AI
Boston Dynamics
Designs advanced mobile robots, including the humanoid Atlas robot and the Spot quadruped, and is majority owned by Hyundai Motor Group.
Designs advanced mobile robots, including the humanoid Atlas robot and the Spot quadruped, and is majority owned by Hyundai Motor Group.
Its robots are a leading real-world test of whether AI foundation-model techniques can transfer from text and images into physical movement and manipulation.
Sells and leases robots and related software/services to commercial and industrial customers.
United States
Robotics, autonomous systems and physical AI. Companies bringing AI into the physical world: self-driving cars, humanoid robots, drones and factory automation. This is often called "physical AI." Open the robotics lens.
Connections (3)
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Current relationships (1)
Source: 2024-10-17 · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active research collaboration, with a public progress update in August 2025
Limits: Confirms a joint research collaboration on robot manipulation AI; does not establish any equity investment, revenue, or commercial product relationship between the two companies.
Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute Announce Partnership to Advance Robotics Research ↗Dated or announced (1)
Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-17
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced partnership
Limits: Technology-collaboration announcement; does not establish that shipped commercial robots currently run this technology.
Boston Dynamics expands collaboration with NVIDIA ↗Comparisons (1)
Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20
Evidence: Analytical comparison · Ongoing market competition
Limits: This is a market-category comparison; it does not capture differences in price point, target customer or capability between the two companies' products.
Quadruped State of The Market - Unitree, Boston Dynamics, ANYbotics, DEEP Robotics, and The Rising Application Ecosystem ↗Inclusion in this database is not an endorsement of a company or its securities. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell anything, and none of it is individualized investment advice. See the disclosures. Data: AI Map v3.22, released .