Robot

Spot

Category: Quadruped [1]
Introduced: 2019 [2] [1]
Manufacturer: Boston Dynamics [2] [1]

Reviewed product record

Spot — current product overview

Reviewed 2026-09-05 · Compare with another robot →

Inspection payload and arm configurations vary. No single weight or payload is inferred from the product family.

Identity and purpose

Use cases: Industrial sensing and inspection Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “Automate sensing and inspection”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Physical

Height: 610 mm walking, default setting = 0.61 m Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “Default Height (Walking) 610 mm”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.
Weight: 33.8 kg with battery Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “33.8 kg”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.
Payload: 14 kg Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “14kg of payload capacity”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.
Speed: 1.6 m/s maximum Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “Max Speed 1.6 m/s”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.
Protection rating: IP54 Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “Ingress Protection IP54”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Power

Battery runtime: 90 minutes average Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “Average Runtime* 90 mins”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.
Battery capacity: 564 Wh Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “Battery Capacity 564 Wh”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Sensing and compute

Sensors: 360-degree perception Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “360° perception”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Developer access

Developer access: Spot SDK; see manufacturer development documentation Boston Dynamics · Manufacturer claim

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Supporting text: “Boston Dynamics Spot SDK”

Last attempted: 2026-09-16. Last text match: 2026-09-16. Automated checks look for the cited text; they do not independently test performance.

Not established in this reviewed record: Degrees of freedom, Onboard compute, ROS support, Availability, Price. Missing data does not mean a capability is absent.

Deployment evidence

No deployment has been reviewed for this robot in our pilot collection. This does not establish that none exists.

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Timeline

Mar 28, 2024 Boston Dynamics Unleashes New Spot Variant for Research IEEE Spectrum

Similar robots

Robots in the same category — computed, not sourced.

References

bostondynamics.com — retrieved Aug 5, 2026
wikidata.org — retrieved Aug 6, 2026