Industrial and mobile robots
Spot
United States
In April 2026 Boston Dynamics integrated Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics model into Spot's Orbit software, letting the quadruped visually interpret gauges and hazards and answer questions about a site rather than just capture raw images.
MakerBoston Dynamics
CountryUS
CategoryQuadruped
Payload (kg)14
Price (USD)$74,500
What AI addsAutonomously patrols facilities and uses Gemini Robotics-powered AI Visual Inspection (AIVI) in Orbit to read analog gauges, detect spills or hazards and answer natural-language questions about what it sees, without a human tele-operator.
Speed1.6 m/s max
Runtime (h)1.5
AI stackOrbit fleet software + AIVI / AIVI-Learning, powered by Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6
Usesinspection, facility-patrol, gauge-reading
EMEA presenceUS maker; sold and deployed across EMEA via Boston Dynamics resellers and integrators
Sources : Boston Dynamics (2026-07-09)Robotics and Automation News (2026-04-15)RobotSourced (2026-07-09)
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