Spot is the most deployed mobile autonomous robot on the planet, with over 500 customers across 46 countries delivering real industrial ROI in under two years.
Amanda McMaster details Spot's real-world traction: 500+ customers in 46 countries performing industrial inspection, gauge reading, vibration detection, and security patrol — and the inflection point was proving customer ROI in under two years. ✦ AI generated
Amanda McMaster · All-In Podcast · 2026-07-29 · original ↗
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“What is Boston Dynamics working on now? Is it still a research project or are you going into the real world and applying these robots?”
We started with our spot robot, which many people know. That's our mobile quadroed um in industrial — It has been deployed in real customer sites. It's pre providing really customer value. Um at this point we have over 500 customers over 46 countries. Wow. Um it is the um it is the mobile um autonomous robot that's used more than any other on the planet right now. ... the customers are finding a lot of value in industrial inspection. So, they're using it for both, you know, acoustic um, gauge reading, vibration detection. So, assets that, you know, if they have expensive assets in their facility and they want to monitor them, this allows for them to do that. Now, it can do that during the day and then it can do security perimeter work at night. Um, so the answer is yes, we do all of that. And, um, and the real inflection point was customer ROI, right? We want customers to find value in this to do really useful work. It's not just about yes, it's cute and it dances, but it's long past dancing at this point. It's now doing real work. And um and customers need to see your ROI in under two years.
verbatim transcript · starts at 35:19
35:19know. That's our mobile quadroed um in industrial >> famously in uh Black Mirror chasing people down, not yours. >> Oh, you can own it, right? There's always going to be a dystopian version and a utopian version. You're obviously pursuing the utopian, but that is a really cool robot that has been for deployed. >> Yes, it has been deployed in real customer sites. It's pre providing really customer value. Um at this point
35:43we have over 500 customers over 46 countries. Wow. Um it is the um it is the mobile um autonomous robot that's used more than any other on the planet right now. >> Wow. So it is the most deployed and most utilized. >> Yes. So real >> why and who's what is the number one use case for it? Like is it security? Is it inspections? What do people use that dog
36:06format for? >> Yes. >> Or pony. What do you like to call it? Pony dog. >> We like to think of as a dog. I mean, I think it moves like that. But, um, you know, we're using this, uh, the customers are finding a lot of value in industrial inspection. So, they're using it for both, you know, acoustic um, gauge reading, vibration detection. So, assets that, you know, if they have
36:25expensive assets in their facility and they want to monitor them, this allows for them to do that. Now, it can do that during the day and then it can do security perimeter work at night. Um, so the answer is yes, we do all of that. And, um, and the real inflection point was customer ROI, right? We want customers to find value in this to do really useful work. It's not just about
36:45yes, it's cute and it dances, but it's long past dancing at this point. It's now doing real work. And um and customers need to see your ROI in under two years. >> And those inspections, if they were even being done, were being done by humans. >> Yes, >> humans, as we all know, being them are fallible. We make mistakes. And these ones were just out there now as little
37:07puppies running around a water treatment facility, a bridge, whatever it happens to be, infrastructure pipelines. >> And it can record many different sensors, video, obviously, vibrations, all radar, I'm assuming, all different tie acoustics you mentioned. >> Y >> what do those robots cost? What's the range of the hardware cost? And then what's your business model with these? People buy them and rent the brain. They rent it by the hour. What do you think