{"id":239084,"date":"2026-06-16T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/boston-dynamics-ai-powered-humanoid-robot-is-learning-to-work-in-a-factory"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:13:37","slug":"boston-dynamics-ai-powered-humanoid-robot-is-learning-to-work-in-a-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/boston-dynamics-ai-powered-humanoid-robot-is-learning-to-work-in-a-factory","title":{"rendered":"Boston Dynamics\u2019 AI-powered humanoid robot is learning to work in a factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/boston-dynamics-ai-powered-humanoid-robot-is-learning-to-work-in-a-factory.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For decades, engineers have been trying to create robots that look and act human. Now, rapid advances in artificial intelligence are taking humanoids from the lab to the factory floor. As fears grow that AI will displace workers, a global race is underway to develop human-like robots able to do human jobs. Competitors include Tesla, startups backed by Amazon and Nvidia, and state-supported Chinese companies. Boston Dynamics is a frontrunner. The Massachusetts company, valued at more than a billion dollars, is hard at work on a humanoid it calls Atlas. South Korean carmaker Hyundai holds an 90% stake in the robot maker. As we first told you in January, we were invited to see the first real-world test of Atlas at Hyundai\u2019s new factory near Savannah, Georgia. There, we got a glimpse of a humanoid future that\u2019s coming faster than you might think.<\/p>\n<p>Hyundai\u2019s sprawling auto plant is about as cutting-edge as it gets. More than 1,000 robots work alongside almost 1,500 humans, hoisting, stamping and welding in robotic unison. This may look like the factory of the future, but we found the future of the future in the parts warehouse, tucked away in the back corner, getting ready for work.<\/p>\n<p>Meet Atlas: A 5\u20199, 200 pound, AI-powered humanoid created by Boston Dynamics. The rise of the robots is science fiction no more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, engineers have been trying to create robots that look and act human. Now, rapid advances in artificial intelligence are taking humanoids from the lab to the factory floor. As fears grow that AI will displace workers, a global race is underway to develop human-like robots able to do human jobs. Competitors include Tesla, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":715,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1878,6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/715"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}