Overview
- At CES 2026, Boston Dynamics unveiled a production-ready Atlas and said builds are beginning now, with initial units going to Google DeepMind and Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Application Center.
- Hyundai says Atlas will assist at its Georgia EV metaplant by 2028, with duties expanding toward component assembly around 2030, and the company frames the rollout as improving safety and creating higher-skilled jobs.
- Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind will integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models to enhance Atlas’s perception, reasoning and task execution.
- Hyundai Mobis will supply Atlas actuators under a new collaboration, noting actuators represent about 60% of a humanoid’s material cost, and the plan aligns with Hyundai’s previously announced North American robot factory capacity of up to 30,000 units per year.
- The all-electric Atlas is described as enterprise grade with autonomous, teleoperated and tablet-steered modes, a 7.5-foot reach, roughly 110-pound lifts and operation from −4 to 104°F, while pricing and broader shipment timelines remain undisclosed.