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Boston Dynamics retires hydraulic Atlas and reveals an all-electric successor
Boston Dynamics revealed a fully electric Atlas designed for commercial deployment, replacing the hydraulic research robot. The new Atlas is stronger with greater range of motion. Hyundai is the first customer and test partner, starting in its car plants.
- Fully electric Atlas replaces 30-year-old hydraulic research platform.
- Stronger and more agile than predecessors; exceeds human-like motion range for task efficiency.
- Hyundai is first commercial customer and testing partner in automotive manufacturing.
- Target: 'dull, dirty, and dangerous' industrial tasks; specific use cases to be developed with Hyundai.