Boston Dynamics sees executive departures amid pressure to mass manufacture robots
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Updated · Gizmodo · May 4
Boston Dynamics sees executive departures amid pressure to mass manufacture robots
9 articles · Updated · Gizmodo · May 4
Hyundai, which bought a majority stake in 2021, wants tens of thousands of humanoids for automotive plants; Boston Dynamics is reportedly making four Atlas robots a month.
CEO Robert Playter retired in February, followed by the COO, CSO and other senior researchers and engineers, with former employees telling Semafor some were forced out.
At CES, Boston Dynamics and Hyundai said a new factory could produce 30,000 Atlas robots annually, as the company shifts from prototypes to a sellable product amid rising competition.
With rivals deploying robots and executives departing, can Boston Dynamics scale its Atlas from just four units a month to thousands?
As Chinese firms capture 90% of sales, is the West already losing the next tech frontier: Physical AI?
Are unsolved problems like poor battery life and reliability the real threat to the coming humanoid robot revolution?