"The partnership, which was announced during the Hyundai press conference at CES 2026, is centered on robotics research that will use Google DeepMind's AI foundation models. Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot Atlas will be the first test case, according to Carolina Parada, senior director of robotics at Google DeepMind. "We're looking to integrate our cutting-edge AI foundation models with Boston Dynamics' new Atlas robots, and we'll aim to develop the world's most advanced robot foundation model to fulfill the promise of true general-purpose human needs," Parada said on stage."
"The tie-up comes less than a year after the Google AI research lab announced new AI models called Gemini Robotics that are designed to allow robots to perceive, reason, use tools, and interact with humans. Gemini Robotics is based on a large-scale multimodal generative AI model, Gemini. At the time, Google DeepMind said the robotics AI model was trained to generalize behavior across a range of different robotics hardware."
"Boston Dynamics already has products, like the quadruped Spot, that are in customers' hands in more than 40 countries. Its warehouse robot Stretch has unloaded more than 20 million boxes globally since its launch in 2023, according to Hyundai. Now Boston Dynamics and Hyundai are preparing for the next generation, starting with the humanoid robot Atlas, which the company announced Monday is already in production and headed to a Hyundai factory."
Boston Dynamics entered a strategic partnership with Google DeepMind to speed development of the Atlas humanoid robot and increase its human-like behavior around people. The collaboration will integrate Google DeepMind's AI foundation models, with Atlas designated as the initial test case. Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics models enable robots to perceive, reason, use tools, interact with humans, and generalize behavior across diverse hardware. Boston Dynamics and Hyundai intend practical scaling, building on deployed products such as Spot and Stretch and moving Atlas into production at a Hyundai factory for broader real-world use.
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