Founded in 1992, Boston Dynamics is a global leader in bionic robots, a well-known engineering and robotics design company in the United States, leading in the field of robotics, focusing on the research and development of various cutting-edge robot products, launching the humanoid robot Atlas and quadruped robot Spot, and in 2021, South Korea's Hyundai Group completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics.
Boston Dynamics is a robotics design and manufacturing company owned by Hyundai Motor Corporation of South Korea. Its founder is Marc Raibert. The CEO of the company is Rob Playter.
波士顿动力公司专注于开发高度复杂的机器人，包括Humanoid robots和四足机器人等，广泛应用于工业、军事和服务业等多个领域。波士顿动力公司由马克·雷伯特（Marc Raibert）于1992 year在United States麻省理工学院创立，最初是为United States陆军提供机器人研究制造的企业，服务过包括United States国防高级研究计划局(DARPA)在内的很多军方机构。2013年，波士顿动力被Google X收购，随后在2017年被软银集团收购。2020年12月，韩国现代汽车公司收购了波士顿动力公司，进一步推动了公司在商业化和工业自动化方面的发展。2023年12月20日，波士顿动力公司的Spot & Atlas机器人获得中国工程院等单位在北京发布的2023全球十大工程成就之一。On October 16, 2024, Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute announced a collaboration to accelerate the development of general-purpose humanoid robots using Toyota Research Institute's large-scale behavioral models and Boston Dynamics' Atlas robots.
On October 31, 2024, Boston Dynamics released a video showcasing the capabilities of its humanoid robot, Atlas, to perform complex tasks in a simulated factory environment. The Atlas in the video demonstrates the ability to automatically identify parts, determine the correct gripping points, and place items in designated areas using machine learning-based vision models.
Boston Dynamics is a global leader in the development and deployment of highly mobile robots that meet the industry's toughest challenges. Boston Dynamics' robots are advanced mobility, flexibility, and intelligence capable of automating unstructured or hard-to-traverse spaces, from factories and construction sites to distribution centers and warehouses.
Boston Dynamics' quadruped robot, Spot, is unlocking digital transformation for hundreds of customers. Stretch, a versatile case processing robot, is automating heavy warehouse tasks. Today, hundreds of customers rely on Boston Dynamics' solutions to transform the way they work and expand their reach.
In 1992, Marc Raibert spun off from MIT's Leg Lab to start Boston Dynamics, which Robert Playter joined shortly after. It has robots, such as BigDog, Cheetah, etc.;
In 2004, BigDog was the first four-legged robot from Boston Dynamics to step out of the lab and into real-world terrain.
In 2013, the first generation of the Atlas debuted.
In December 2013, Google's parent company, Alphabet, acquired Boston Dynamics;
On March 2, 2016, Boston Dynamics developed a robot dog named Spot, Spot is an electro-hydraulic robot dog, it can walk and run, and can also climb stairs, uphill and downhill;
On June 9, 2017, Japan's SoftBank Group acquired Boston Dynamics;
In February 2018, the robot dog SpotMini was released;
In May 2018, the promotional video of the Atlas humanoid robot and SpotMini was released;
On June 6, 2018, Mark Lebert, CEO of Boston Dynamics, was interviewed and said that the dog-type SpotMini robot will be released in 2019;
On October 16, 2018, a video of the four-legged robot dog Spot dancing to the beat of Bruno Mars's "Uptown Funk" was released;
In September 2019, Boston Dynamics officially announced that the Spot robot was launched on a rental basis;
In January 2020, Marc Raibert stepped down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors, while Rob Playter, formerly Chief Operating Officer (COO), will assume the role of CEO of Boston Dynamics.
In February 2020, Boston Dynamics' four-legged robot dog Spot officially "went to sea" and joined Aker, a Norwegian oil company, becoming the first robot with an employee number in the oil company.
In March 2020, Boston Dynamics announced that it had entered into a partnership with Otto Motors, a developer of automated material handling and transportation technology for warehouses, to promote warehouse automation.
On June 16, 2020, the robot dog Spot went on sale;
In October 2020, Chung Eui-sun acquired a 20% stake in Boston Dynamics with private assets, and Hyundai Motor and its subsidiaries Hyundai Mobis and Hyundai Glovis acquired 30%, 20% and 10% of Boston Dynamics, respectively.
On December 11, 2020, South Korea's Hyundai Motor Company acquired Boston Dynamics;
On December 30, 2020, Boston Dynamics released a video of three robots, Atlas, Spot, and Handle, showing a variety of dance poses to a hit song from 1962;
On March 9, 2021, the robot dog Spot was equipped with 5G equipment;
On April 11, 2024, the robot Atlas ended its 11-year service career and was sent to a so-called "robot nursing home", and the next day a new Fully Electrical Atlas (electric version of the E-Atlas) humanoid robot was launched. In addition, we have introduced "Orbit", a cloud-based integrated management solution that can be applied to a wide range of robots.
On October 16, 2024, Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute announced a collaboration to accelerate the development of general-purpose humanoid robots using Toyota Research Institute's large-scale behavioral models and Boston Dynamics' Atlas robots.
