Boston Dynamics News Latest Boston Dynamics news, funding rounds and robotics & AI coverage. $1B raised. 20 articles tracked by The Robotics Media.
Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics company widely recognised for advanced legged and humanoid robots, including Spot, Stretch and the all-electric Atlas. Founded in 1992 as a spin-off from MIT, the company has since been owned by Google, S...
1X Sets 50,000-Robot NEO Shipment Target For 2027 — Sep 24, 2026 — 1X CEO Bernt Bornich says the humanoid start-up will ship 50,000 NEO robots in 2027 from two California factories with combined capacity of 110,000 un...Boston Dynamics Opens Atlas Training Center At Hyundai's Georgia Metaplant — Sep 23, 2026 — The Robotics Metaplant Application Center puts electric Atlas robots to work on parts logistics at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America, with a 10x l...AMC Robotics Bags $50M Standby Equity To Finish Its Robotic Manufacturing Facility — Sep 19, 2026 — AMC Robotics has signed a $50 million standby equity purchase agreement and $3.88 million in convertible notes to finish building the production line...SoftBank Agrees To Acquire Robotics And AI Institute, Marc Raibert's Physical-AI Research Lab — Sep 19, 2026 — SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire RAI Institute, the Cambridge-based physical-AI research organisation founded by Marc Raibert, in a CFIUS-bound de...Unitree G1+ Lands At ¥95,000 With A Movable Head And Cooler Motors — Sep 16, 2026 — Unitree has quietly refreshed its flagship G1 humanoid into the G1+, adding a two-degree-of-freedom neck, 110% higher shoulder torque and 72% less mot...Boston Dynamics IPO Unlikely In 2027 As Hyundai Prioritises Atlas Rollout — Sep 16, 2026 — A senior Hyundai executive told Reuters a 2027 IPO for Boston Dynamics 'won't be easy', pushing the listing behind a factory build-out that targets 30...Dynamic Creatures Exits Stealth As Boston Dynamics' Theme Park Partner — Sep 8, 2026 — Boston-based Dynamic Creatures emerged from stealth on September 8 as Boston Dynamics' official entertainment partner, unveiling SnowJay and interacti...FCC Adds Foreign Humanoid And Quadruped Robots To Covered List, Reshaping US Market — Sep 8, 2026 — The US FCC's expansion of the Covered List to include foreign-produced advanced robotic devices blocks new Chinese humanoid and quadruped platforms fr...DaxAI Robotics Debuts Rideable Qiji X1 Robot Horse At World Robot Conference — Sep 3, 2026 — Beijing startup DaxAI Robotics showed the Qiji X1, a saddled quadruped that carries a 660-lb rider, at the 2026 World Robot Conference - a proof-of-co...Samsung Fast-Tracks In-House Humanoid As Roh Personally Reviews Prototype — Aug 17, 2026 — Samsung Electronics is racing to commercialize an in-house humanoid robot after co-CEO Roh Tae-moon personally reviewed a working prototype and top-ti...Unitree's $900M Shanghai IPO Oversubscribed 8,000 Times by Retail Investors — Aug 12, 2026 — Unitree Robotics said on August 10 its $900 million Shanghai IPO drew retail demand 8,000-plus times the shares on offer, cementing status as China's...Createc Named Authorised Boston Dynamics Reseller For Global Nuclear Sector — Aug 7, 2026 — Cumbria-based Createc has extended its six-year Boston Dynamics partnership, becoming an authorised reseller with global authority to sell Spot into t...Google DeepMind Ships Gemini Robotics 2 With Whole-Body Humanoid Control — Jul 30, 2026 — Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 gives humanoid robots feet-to-fingertip control and multi-robot teamwork, debuting on Apptronik's Apollo 2 and Fra...Mariana Minerals Deploys Boston Dynamics Spot at Copper One Autonomy-First Mine — Jul 30, 2026 — Mariana Minerals is deploying Boston Dynamics' quadruped robot Spot at its Copper One facility in Utah, pitching the site as the world's first end-to-...Hyundai's Chung Vows Open Robot Reference Platform With NVIDIA At SF AI Summit — Jul 27, 2026 — Executive Chair Euisun Chung unveiled Hyundai's Physical AI roadmap in San Francisco, headlined by an open Robot Reference Platform co-built with NVID...Samsung Launches RX Humanoid Robotics Division Under CEO TM Roh — Jul 25, 2026 — Samsung Electronics officially launched its Robotics eXperience (RX) division on July 21, backing it with the factory-tested Shallow-π VLA model and a...Hyundai to buy 100% of Boston Dynamics from SoftBank for $325M — Jul 25, 2026 — Hyundai Motor Group is acquiring SoftBank's remaining ~10% Boston Dynamics stake for about $325 million after SoftBank triggered a put option, taking...SoftBank Weighs Deal For Swiss Excavator-Autonomy Startup Gravis — Jul 24, 2026 — SoftBank is weighing a deal for Swiss ETH Zurich spinout Gravis Robotics, whose retrofit Rack and Slate kits give standard excavators autonomous earth...Unitree H1 Pro Launches in Europe in First Three-Continent Humanoid Rollout — Jul 22, 2026 — Unitree Robotics kicks off the industry's first simultaneous three-continent humanoid launch, bringing the H1 Pro to Europe on July 22 before Asia and...Samsung Creates CEO-Led RX Robotics Division For Physical AI Push — Jul 22, 2026 — Samsung Electronics has spun up a dedicated Robotics eXperience (RX) division under CEO TM Roh, hiring Hyundai's former robotics chief Lee Dongkun to...