BOSTON DYNAMICS

History

Year	Detail
1992	Boston Dynamics was founded by Marc Raibert and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The company spun out of the MIT Leg Lab, where Raibert worked on dynamic robots.
2004	The company launched BigDog, its first quadruped robot, to assist soldiers in carrying heavy loads over rough terrain. It also featured a dynamic system that allowed it to recover from slips and pushes.
2013	The company launched Atlas, a bipedal hydraulic humanoid robot developed with funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The robot was initially designed for a variety of search and rescue tasks.
2019	The company acquired Kinema Systems, a Menlo Park-based company that uses deep learning technology to enable industrial robotic arms to locate and move boxes on complex pallets.
2020	The company launched Spot, its first commercial robot, which uses multiple sensors and three motors in each leg to navigate indoor and outdoor environments, maintain balance, and attain postures.
2021	Boston Dynamics launched Stretch, a warehouse robot designed to unload boxes from trucks and place them on conveyor belts, tackling a specific set of warehousing challenges.
2021	Hyundai Motor Group acquired the controlling interest in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank for $1.1 billion to expand its portfolio as a smart mobility solution provider.
2024	Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) partnered to accelerate the development of general-purpose humanoid robots utilizing TRI’s Large Behavior Models and Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot.