Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics announced a partnership with IFS in November 2025 to integrate its Spot inspection robots with IFS.ai, an agentic AI system that converts robot-collected field data into automated maintenance decisions and work orders.

The collaboration connects data gathered by Spot robots during autonomous inspections to IFS.ai, which analyzes the data, makes decisions such as scheduling preventive maintenance, detecting anomalies, and triggering field actions without requiring human intervention at each step. The system is designed for asset-intensive industries including manufacturing, energy, and utilities. Boston Dynamics and IFS demonstrated the joint solution at Industrial X Unleashed in New York in November 2025.

Boston Dynamics uses reinforcement learning and supervised learning from human demonstrations to train its Atlas humanoid robot to perform autonomous industrial tasks such as part sequencing in automotive manufacturing.

Boston Dynamics trains Atlas using three parallel approaches: teleoperation via virtual reality headsets to generate demonstration data, reinforcement learning in simulation where the robot practices millions of virtual repetitions, and motion capture of human movements to teach physical behaviors. The company confirmed in 2025 that its primary application was part sequencing in automotive manufacturing at Hyundai facilities. As of January 2026, the product version of Atlas was unveiled at CES, with the entire 2026 production run committed to Hyundai and Google DeepMind.

Boston Dynamics deployed its Stretch robot, which uses computer vision and machine learning to autonomously identify and move boxes in warehouses, currently being used by logistics and retail customers including Gap Inc.

Stretch uses multiple sensors and machine learning algorithms to detect boxes, surrounding obstacles, walls, and the floor in real time, then uses a vacuum gripper to pick and place cases onto conveyors without needing to be pre-programmed with SKU data or box specifications. The robot is mobile on an omnidirectional base and can navigate loading docks and tight warehouse spaces autonomously. Boston Dynamics has confirmed commercial deployments with logistics and retail customers as of 2022 onward.