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Boston Dynamics Atlas price and release date: booked for 2026, more customers in 2027
Boston Dynamics hasn't announced a price for Atlas, and you can't buy one for your home. The product version of the humanoid robot was unveiled at CES on Jan. 5, 2026, and went into production right away, but Boston Dynamics says all Atlas deployments for 2026 are already committed to Hyundai and Google DeepMind. It plans to add more customers in early 2027 and is starting with a select number of businesses that apply through its sales team.
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You can’t buy Boston Dynamics' Atlas for your home, and the company hasn’t announced a price. Boston Dynamics unveiled the product version of its humanoid robot at CES on Jan. 5, 2026, and started production immediately. But it says every Atlas deployment for 2026 is already committed, to Hyundai and Google DeepMind, and it plans to add more customers in early 2027.
How much does Atlas cost?
Boston Dynamics hasn’t said. There is no price on its website and no online store for Atlas. Businesses that want one fill in the Get in touch form on the Atlas page, and Boston Dynamics follows up with qualified companies; it says it is starting with a select number of early adopters.
What the company has said is that Atlas was designed to be cheaper to build than past humanoids. The product version has significantly fewer unique parts, and every component is designed to work with automotive supply chains. Hyundai Mobis is set to supply its actuators, the motors that move its joints. Boston Dynamics also says most customers should earn back their investment within two years, as with its Spot robot dog and Stretch box-moving robot.
When can you get Atlas?
Not this year. Boston Dynamics says all Atlas deployments for 2026 are fully committed, with fleets going to Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Application Center in Georgia and to Google DeepMind. It plans to add more customers in early 2027.
The Atlas product page lays out what comes next. First, Boston Dynamics works with select customers to teach Atlas new skills, including part sequencing, machine tending and order building. Then it scales up those first deployments and adds more early customers as Atlas becomes more widely available. Hyundai says Atlas will be deployed at its Georgia plant by 2028, with wider global expansion planned by 2030.
Atlas specs
Atlas is built to work alongside people without safety fences. When someone walks within a certain distance, it pauses and waits for them to pass, and it has padding and few pinch points. It can be sprayed or wiped down, and it connects to factory and warehouse software through Boston Dynamics' Orbit platform, with barcode and RFID scanning.
Boston Dynamics says Atlas can be set up for a new task in less than a day, and once one robot learns a task, the whole fleet can use it. Its partnership with Google DeepMind, announced on the same day as the product version, brings Gemini Robotics AI models to Atlas. On Oct. 1, 2026, the company showed a new hand for Atlas with four fingers and 13 degrees of freedom, up from 7 on the previous gripper, with a more dexterous thumb and pressure sensors across the fingertips and palm.
Where Atlas is working now
Hyundai is Atlas' first customer. Boston Dynamics tested Atlas at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in Georgia in fall 2025, its first deployment. On Sept. 21, 2026, it opened the Robotics Metaplant Application Center there, outside Savannah, where Atlas robots are being trained to prepare automotive parts and place them in the right order for assembly. By 2030, that work is set to extend to component assembly.
In 2027, Boston Dynamics also plans to start exploring uses for Atlas in other industries. It says it’s in talks with existing Spot and Stretch customers in manufacturing, aerospace, semiconductors, logistics, food and beverage, and life sciences. Atlas has also appeared in public: in July 2026, it delivered the match ball to the referee at halftime of a World Cup round-of-16 match at New York New Jersey Stadium.
Atlas timeline
- Apr 17, 2024Boston Dynamics introduces the all-electric Atlas, the same week it retires the hydraulic version
- Jan 5, 2026Product version of Atlas unveiled at CES, production starts and Google DeepMind partnership announced
- Jan 7, 2026Hyundai Mobis to supply actuators for Atlas
- Jan 9, 2026Atlas named Best Robot in the Best of CES 2026 awards
- Jun 24, 2026Boston Dynamics plans a 323,000-square-foot robotics and AI center in Waltham, Massachusetts
- Sep 21, 2026Robotics Metaplant Application Center opens in Georgia, with Atlas robots in training
- Oct 1, 2026Boston Dynamics shows a new four-finger hand for Atlas
- Oct 7, 2026Rohit Prasad becomes CEO of Boston Dynamics
The new Waltham center will bring manufacturing, training and research for Atlas, Spot and Stretch under one roof. Boston Dynamics plans to invest $100 million, expects to create 1,250 jobs by 2033 and plans to start moving in, in phases, from mid-2027. Its new CEO, Rohit Prasad, helped build Amazon’s Alexa and led the development of Amazon’s Nova AI models before joining.
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This page is updated as soon as Boston Dynamics announces an Atlas price, opens Atlas to new customers or shows a version for homes.
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FAQ
How much does Boston Dynamics Atlas cost?
Boston Dynamics has not announced a price. Businesses get pricing by contacting its sales team. The company says Atlas was designed with fewer unique parts and with automotive supply chains to keep it cheaper to build, and that most customers should see a return on investment within their first two years, as with its Spot and Stretch robots.
Can I buy an Atlas robot?
Not as a consumer. Boston Dynamics sells Atlas to companies for factories and warehouses. Businesses can apply through the “Get in touch” form on the Atlas page, and the company says it is starting with a select number of early adopters. All 2026 deployments are already committed, and new customers are planned for early 2027.
When will Atlas be available?
Boston Dynamics started producing the product version in January 2026. This year’s robots go to Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Application Center in Georgia and to Google DeepMind. The company plans to add more customers in early 2027. Hyundai says Atlas will be deployed at its Georgia plant by 2028, with wider global expansion planned by 2030.
Will Atlas be sold for homes?
Not announced. Boston Dynamics builds Atlas for industrial work. When the product version was unveiled, then-CEO Robert Playter called it a first step toward a long-term goal of useful robots that help people at home, but the company has not announced a home version or a date.
What can Atlas do?
Boston Dynamics is training Atlas for material handling in factories and warehouses, starting with automotive part sequencing, then machine tending and order fulfillment. At Hyundai’s plant in Georgia, Atlas is learning to prepare automotive parts and place them in the right order for assembly, and Hyundai plans to extend its work to component assembly by 2030.
How strong is Atlas?
Atlas can lift up to 50 kg (110 lbs) at once and handle repeated 30 kg (66 lbs) lifts. Boston Dynamics says it carried a loaded mini-fridge weighing more than 100 pounds in testing.
Who owns Boston Dynamics?
Hyundai Motor Group is Boston Dynamics' majority shareholder. Rohit Prasad, formerly Amazon’s head scientist for Alexa and artificial general intelligence, became Boston Dynamics' CEO on Oct. 7, 2026.
Pop quiz
2 questions from this story.
How long does Atlas take to swap its own battery, according to Boston Dynamics?
Atlas walks to its charging station and swaps its battery by itself in less than three minutes, then goes back to work.
How many Atlas robots does Hyundai plan to deploy at Hyundai and Kia plants over the next few years?
Hyundai Motor Group plans to start with 25,000 Atlas robots at Hyundai and Kia plants around the world, and to build a US factory that can produce 30,000 robots a year.
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