Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Robotics Artificial intelligence Automation
Founded	1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Founder	Marc Raibert
Headquarters	Waltham, Massachusetts , United States
Number of employees	500
Parent	Google X (2013–2017) SoftBank Group (2017–2020) Hyundai Motor Company (2020–present)
Website	bostondynamics.com

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Boston Dynamics, Inc., is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Boston Dynamics has been owned by the Hyundai Motor Group since December 2020, but having only completed the acquisition in June 2021.^[1]

Boston Dynamics develops a series of dynamic highly mobile robots, including BigDog, Spot, Atlas, and Handle. Since 2019, Spot has been made commercially available, making it the first commercially available robot from Boston Dynamics, while the company has stated its intent to commercialize other robots as well, including Handle.