Boston Dynamics and FieldAI Partner to Bring Robots Into Uncharted and Dynamic Environments

Waltham, MA and Irvine, CA – 12 March 2026 – Today, Boston Dynamics and FieldAI announced a partnership to advance robotics in construction and other complex, ever-changing environments. The collaboration combines Boston Dynamics’ world-class robotic platforms and software stack with FieldAI’s Field Foundation Models™ (FFMs) for uncharted exploration, extending autonomous operations into spaces previously considered too unpredictable for robots.

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One example is construction, where sites are constantly evolving, with shifting terrain, changing layouts, and active human workflows. These highly dynamic conditions have long made it difficult for traditionally programmed robots to operate safely and effectively. Capturing accurate, timely information and maintaining oversight on fast-moving projects is labor-intensive, error-prone, and can expose workers to hazardous conditions. Construction serves as the proving ground for this technology. If robots can operate autonomously here, they can operate almost anywhere.

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"We’ve known Ali and his team since they won the Urban-circuit of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge using Spot robots, while tackling similar challenges for NASA," said Marc Raibert, Founder of Boston Dynamics. “Combining Field AI’s expertise in risk-aware autonomy with Spot’s remarkable mobility allows us to tackle uncharted and highly dynamic environments together—spaces that were previously off-limits to robots. This is truly great progress for robotics, and we are excited by the challenges FieldAI is taking on.”

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Building on its extensive experience deploying autonomous robots in industrial environments, Boston Dynamics brings proven hardware capabilities to tackle these challenges. Its robots are designed to reliably operate in manufacturing and process facilities around the clock, effectively “living” in these environments. They perform scheduled missions and collect thousands of data points, analyzed through the Boston Dynamics Orbit™ platform, helping organizations detect failures early, perform preventive maintenance, and conduct security rounds. 

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Through this partnership with FieldAI, a recognized leader in robotic AI and autonomous operations, these robots are moving into a new era of general-purpose autonomy. At the core of FieldAI’s technology is the Field Foundation Model™ (FFM), a new class of “physics-first” foundation model built specifically for embodied intelligence, establishing a foundational layer for multiagent, fleet-level coordination of robots. Unlike conventional AI models adapted for robotics, FFMs are purpose-designed to reason about uncertainty, risk, and the physical constraints of the real world. This enables robots to safely and autonomously operate in dynamic, unstructured environments, handling scenarios they haven’t been explicitly trained for, without relying on pre-mapped layouts, GPS, fixed paths, or additional robot infrastructure. Robots powered by FieldAI’s FFMs can autonomously operate completely on-edge, without the need for any connection to the cloud, allowing customers to expand their operations into the most remote environments on earth. 

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FieldAI + Spot: A Construction-Focused Autonomy Solution

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The integration of Boston Dynamics’ Spot®, a quadruped robot designed for industrial inspection and mobility in complex environments, with FieldAI’s Field Foundation Models™ (FFMs) expands its capabilities to fully understand construction sites and track and document as-built progress. Spot’s rugged mobility, combined with FFMs’ risk-aware decision-making, allows robots to safely and effectively navigate environments once considered too chaotic for automation. As each robot collects operational data across diverse environments, FieldAI's models continuously improve, creating a compounding data advantage that accelerates deployment reliability and enables rapid expansion.

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The solution addresses key construction challenges, including unpredictable terrain, dynamic workflows, and safety monitoring. FFMs enable Spot to adapt as sites change, collect accurate data, and align it with digital twin or BIM models, turning raw information into actionable insights. With uncharted territory exploration, a FieldAI-powered Spot can traverse unknown or highly dynamic areas without prior knowledge of the environment, such as underground mines, rapidly evolving construction zones, or dynamic human-populated sites.

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"FieldAI is leading the way in scaling deployments in complex and dynamic job sites across the globe, and delivering value that construction teams use every day," said Marc Theermann, Chief Strategy Officer at Boston Dynamics. "Making robots work reliably in these environments and handle uncharted exploration truly feels like rocket science for robotics, and if any team can take on these challenges, it's FieldAI."

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Deployed across numerous construction sites, Spot, equipped with FFMs, performs inspections, mapping, and monitoring autonomously. It can track daily progress through 3D scans and images, identify hazards such as standing water or blocked egress routes, and operate overnight to deliver fresh insights each morning. Uniquely, FieldAI’s focus is on deploying and managing fleets of robots operating at the same time as a multiagent system. What fleets of robots make possible goes far beyond what a single robot can achieve: robots that can coordinate with one another, share an understanding of the environment, and reason collectively at site scale, turning autonomous machines into a true distributed system rather than one-off tools. Such fleets of robots can be deployed across multiple projects, standardizing operations and data collection at scale.

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The FieldAI-Boston Dynamics partnership has delivered measurable benefits for construction operations:

• Efficiency: Inspection and documentation time reduced by more than 90% compared to manual processes.
• Cost Savings: Early detection of deviations reduces costly rework.
• Safety: Robots monitor hazardous areas, reducing worker exposure.
• Scalability: Customers from Asia to Europe to North America are expanding to enterprise scale deployments.

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"Complex real-world sites, such as construction sites, are unpredictable by nature," said Ali Agha, Founder and CEO of FieldAI. "The real breakthrough is developing robots and robot brains that understand risk and make decisions in real time. That kind of intelligence allows robots to adapt on their own, bringing a new level of reliability and insight to complex environments. We're now at the inflection point where large fleet-scale deployment becomes possible."

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As part of the partnership, FieldAI is expanding the deployment of Spot robot in the coming months, creating one of the largest third-party quadruped fleets in the world. The combination of Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot and FieldAI’s FFM serves as a model for how this approach could be adapted to other industries where adaptability, reliability, and safety are critical. By refining this approach in construction, the companies are redefining what’s possible in embodied AI and setting the stage for future autonomous applications.

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About Boston Dynamics

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Boston Dynamics is the global leader in developing and deploying highly mobile robots capable of tackling the toughest industrial and safety challenges. Our robots are equipped with advanced mobility, dexterity, and intelligence, enabling automation in unstructured or hard-to-traverse and unsafe spaces, from manufacturing facilities, power plants, and construction sites, as well as warehouses and distribution centers. We have three robots in our portfolio: Spot®, a quadruped that conducts industrial inspections for enterprise asset management and keeps people out of harm’s way through public safety applications; Stretch®, a box-moving robot currently being deployed with logistics and retail customers; and Atlas®, our electric humanoid platform currently in development. For more information on our company and our technologies, please visit www.bostondynamics.com.

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About FieldAI

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Headquartered in Irvine, CA, FieldAI is the industry leader in developing embodied AI software that is redefining general-purpose autonomous robot operations in real-world environments. The company’s Field Foundation Models provide an embodiment-agnostic autonomy brain, empowering robots to navigate dynamic and unpredictable conditions without maps, GPS, or predefined trajectories, enabling them to perform a wide variety of tasks, as opposed to single task robots. Proven across diverse platforms – from quadrupeds to humanoids – FieldAI is driving a global expansion that enables industries such as construction, energy, mining, logistics, and federal applications to scale automation like never before. With a robust pipeline of deployments and strategic partnerships accelerating its growth, FieldAI is spearheading a new era in industrial robotics, setting the stage for transformative, large-scale automation worldwide. For more information, visit www.fieldai.com or contact PR@fieldai.com.