Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Partner to Integrate AI with Humanoid Robots for Industrial Applications
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Summary
Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind have announced a strategic partnership at CES 2026 to integrate Google's Gemini Robotics AI foundation models with Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robots. The collaboration aims to bring advanced artificial intelligence capabilities to humanoid robots, enabling them to complete a wide variety of industrial tasks and drive manufacturing transformation. The partnership combines Boston Dynamics' expertise in mobile robotics with Google DeepMind's AI research capabilities.
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· 3 pulledBoston Dynamics, the global leader in mobile robotics, and Google DeepMind, the world's premiere AI lab, have formed a new AI partnership designed to bring a new era of artificial intelligence to humanoid robots.
Announced at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, the two teams aim to integrate cutting edge Gemini Robotics AI foundation models with Boston Dynamics' new Atlas® robots.
The strategic partnership will focus on enabling humanoids to complete a wide variety of industrial tasks and is expected to become a driving force of manufacturing transformation.
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