Social RoboticsBoston Dynamics teams up with Google DeepMind on production Atlas
Hyundai's CES press event revealed the production Atlas humanoid and a partnership to give it DeepMind's foundation models.
At Hyundai's CES 2026 press conference, Boston Dynamics showed the production version of its Atlas humanoid and announced a research partnership with Google DeepMind. The plan is to bring DeepMind's AI foundation models to Atlas, with one stated aim being more natural interaction with people. Atlas has tactile hands and all-round cameras for spotting people nearby, and it is due to go first to Hyundai's plant in Georgia. The deal reunites Boston Dynamics with Google years after Google sold the company, and signals how general-purpose AI models are becoming the core of humanoid robots.
Source: TechCrunch
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