Boston Dynamics’ new all-electric Atlas has officially left the lab, making its public debut at CES with some frankly startling new specs. The production model can lift up to 110 pounds (50 kg), has joints that rotate a full 360 degrees for eerie efficiency, and can operate for four hours before autonomously swapping its own batteries. The biggest reveal, however, wasn’t from the robot but from its corporate parent, Hyundai, which announced plans to build a new factory capable of producing 30,000 Atlas units per year. It seems the future of industrial automation is not just walking; it’s being mass-produced on an automotive scale.
