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Handle (logistics version)
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RetiredSucceeded by Spot United StatesFully autonomous

Boston Dynamics · working robot

Handle

logistics version

A redesigned Handle that used a counterweight tail and vision to pick boxes up to 15 kg and reach 2.8 m. Boston Dynamics replaced it with the Stretch robot.

Price
—Not published
Height
200 cmTaller than 99%
Weight
150 kgHeavier than 67%
Payload
15 kgCarries more than 11%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

A balancing wheeled robot with a vacuum-gripper arm that built and unpacked mixed pallets on its own.

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2019-04
Released
Not yet
New Handle version unveiled by Boston Dynamics

Maker

Boston DynamicsCompany · founded 1992 · Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Owned by Hyundai Motor Group since June 2021 (80% stake bought from SoftBank for about $880M; SoftBank kept about 20%).

How it stacks up

Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. Handle (logistics version)Boston Dynamics · 2019200 cm
  2. AM15AiTEN Robotics · 2020189 cm
  3. BellaBotPudu Robotics · 2019129 cm
  4. KIRA B 50Kärcher · 2018116 cm
  5. temitemi (Robotemi) · 2018100 cm
  6. WhizSoftBank Robotics · 201965 cm
  7. TertillTertill Corporation (formerly Franklin Robotics) · 201912 cm
  8. DingoClearpath Robotics (now part of Rockwell Automation) · 201911 cm

Handle (logistics version) is taller than 99% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Height 200 cm 8 cm200 cm #1 of 73 · taller than 99%

Not published by the maker: speed, battery, price.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Wheel-legs · 10 joints
How it runs
Fully autonomous. In demonstrations it found, picked and stacked boxes by itself using its vision system.
Actuators & motors
Electric; two wheels on legs, with a swinging counterweight tail for balance
Hands
Vacuum suction gripper on a jointed arm with 2.8 m reach; boxes up to 15 kg
Sensors & vision
On-board vision with depth cameras to track pallets and find boxes
Battery & power
On-board battery

Lineage

Every Boston Dynamics machine in order.

  1. RHexRHex2001Research
  2. BigDogBigDog2005Retired
  3. LittleDogLittleDog2005Retired
  4. RiSERiSE2006Retired
  5. Sand FleaSand Flea2012Retired
  6. LS3 (Legged Squad Support System)LS3 (Legged Squad Support System)2012Retired
  7. CheetahCheetah2012Retired
  8. WildCatWildCat2013Retired
  9. Spot (now called Spot Classic)Spot (now called Spot Classic)2015Retired
  10. SpotMiniSpotMini2016Retired
  11. HandleHandle2017Retired
  12. Handle (logistics version)Handle (logistics version)2019Retired
  13. SpotSpot2019Commercial
  14. StretchStretch2021Commercial
  15. Spot Enterprise and Spot ArmSpot Enterprise and Spot Arm2021Commercial

Boston Dynamics also makes 5 humanoids. See every Boston Dynamics robot

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Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
Prototype
Sold or delivered
not sold; superseded by Stretch
Where it is sold or used
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Boston Dynamics Legacy robots University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab Boston Dynamics Enters Warehouse Robots Market, Acquires Kinema Systems (IEEE Spectrum article republished) Tecnoblog Robo da Boston Dynamics ganha upgrade e levanta cargas de ate 15 kg bostondynamics.com Handle (logistics version): how it is operated

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