Boston Dynamics

aid: boston-dynamics
name: Boston Dynamics
description: Boston Dynamics, a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary, designs advanced mobile robots including Spot (agile quadruped
  for dynamic sensing and industrial inspection), Atlas (electric humanoid for manufacturing), Stretch (warehouse case-handling
  robot), and the Orbit enterprise fleet management platform. Boston Dynamics publishes a public, open-source Spot SDK (Python
  and C++) on GitHub built on gRPC and Protocol Buffers for developing applications and payloads for Spot; Atlas and Stretch
  are enterprise products without public APIs.
kind: company
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Atlas
- Boston Dynamics
- Fleet Management
- gRPC
- Hardware
- Humanoid Robots
- Industrial Inspection
- Quadrupedal Robots
- Robotics
- Spot
- Stretch
- Warehouse Automation
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/boston-dynamics/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: boston-dynamics:spot-sdk
  name: Boston Dynamics Spot SDK
  description: The Spot SDK is an open-source SDK for developing applications and payloads for the Spot quadruped robot. Built
    on gRPC and Protocol Buffers, it provides Python and C++ libraries to control Spot, read sensor and health data, run autonomous
    missions, and integrate payloads. The SDK ships with example programs, quickstart guides, and concept documentation on
    dev.bostondynamics.com.
  humanURL: https://dev.bostondynamics.com/
  tags:
  - C++
  - gRPC
  - Payloads
  - Python
  - Quadruped
  - SDK
  - Spot
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bostondynamics.com/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/boston-dynamics/spot-sdk
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/boston-dynamics/spot-sdk
  - type: CppSDK
    url: https://github.com/boston-dynamics/spot-cpp-sdk
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/boston-dynamics/spot-sdk/blob/master/docs/python/quickstart.md
  - type: ProductPage
    url: https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/
- type: Products
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/products/
- type: SpotProductPage
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/products/spot/
- type: AtlasProductPage
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/products/atlas/
- type: StretchProductPage
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/products/stretch/
- type: OrbitProductPage
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/products/orbit/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://dev.bostondynamics.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/boston-dynamics
- type: Support
  url: https://support.bostondynamics.com/s/
- type: Training
  url: https://support.bostondynamics.com/s/bdu
- type: Blog
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/blog/
- type: News
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/news/
- type: CaseStudies
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/case-studies/
- type: Videos
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/videos/
- type: Partners
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/partners/
- type: ContactSales
  url: https://bostondynamics.com/contact/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/boston-dynamics/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com