Boston Dynamics
Robot types: Humanoid, Mobile manipulator, Quadruped, Wheeled biped. Risk band: Low RobotRisk index 2.3/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 8 of 9 among Humanoid robots companies with incidents (229 tracked).
Analyst brief
Boston Dynamics's record consists of one 2017 event: an Atlas humanoid robot tripping and falling off stage during a live demonstration, classified as a malfunction at severity 1. The incident is a public demonstration failure rather than a deployed-operations or regulatory matter, and the record shows no repetition. Standing in this category is driven by the visibility of the single event, not by accumulated volume or severity.
Risk index
Products and robot types
Industries: Humanoid robots (primary), AMR / mobile robot · Sectors: Research Services, Warehousing and Storage
Risk is scored per product and robot type: each incident is attributed to the product it names, or to the company's matching robot type.
| Robot type | Share of company risk | Rank within type |
|---|---|---|
| Humanoid | 100% | 9 of 10 |
| Product | Robot type | Status | Incidents | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas | Humanoid | research | 1 | 2.3 |
| Handle | Wheeled biped | research | 0 | 0.0 |
| Spot | Quadruped | shipping | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stretch | Mobile manipulator | shipping | 0 | 0.0 |
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| malfunction | 1 | 100% |
Unique incident list
1 unique incident on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 03 Jul 2017 | malfunction | Lowell, MA, USA | Atlas humanoid trips and falls off stage during live demo · 1 unit | AI Incident Database |
S1 03 Jul 2017 · malfunction · Atlas humanoid trips and falls off stage during live demo
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 03 Jul 2017 | Atlas humanoid trips and falls off stage during live demo | AI Incident Database |
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Cross-links and alerts
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