According to Sawyer Merritt, Boston Dynamics has started manufacturing the latest version of its fully electric Atlas robot, with fleets scheduled for shipment to Hyundai and Google DeepMind in the coming months (source: Sawyer Merritt on X, Jan 5, 2026). The new Atlas features a 4-hour self-swappable battery, advanced safety systems with human detection and fenceless guarding, and seamless integration with industrial workflows via barcode scanners and RFID. The robot boasts 56 degrees of freedom, real-time environmental awareness, and hands equipped with tactile sensors, all powered by Nvidia chips. Hyundai plans to deploy tens of thousands of these AI-driven robots in its manufacturing facilities, underlining a major business opportunity for AI-powered robotics in large-scale automation and smart factory transformation.