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Boston DynamicsUnited States2015

Spot Classic

  • Discontinued
  • Over 40 kg
  • Research and development

Key figures as stated by the manufacturer

3 of 6 stated · 3 gapsDiscontinued
  • Weight 75kg165lbOur conversion from 75 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
  • Payload, walking 45kg99.2lbOur conversion from 45 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
  • Runtime 45minWarning: at load 23 kgA
  • Max speed not stated
  • IP rating not stated
  • Indicative price not stated
Deviations and variants in the key figures (2)

Payload, walking

NoteThe stat box gives one undivided "Payload: 45 kg" figure, not split by walking/standing - placement under walking payload is this catalog's standard inference for undivided figures. The body text separately states "It carries a 23 kg payload and operates for 45 minutes on a battery charge" - read as the load condition tied to the runtime figure (see runtime.load_value), not a competing payload spec, since it is paired with a duration in the same sentence.

Runtime

NoteSingle sentence ties both figures together: carries 23 kg, operates 45 minutes on a battery charge. No unloaded runtime figure is given anywhere on the page.

Boston Dynamics Spot Classic original electric quadruped prototype from 2015

Manufacturer's own photo.

Intended use, per the manufacturer

The manufacturer’s words

Spot Classic laid the groundwork for the agility and compactness seen in Spot today. Quadrupedal movement. Indoor and outdoor operation. Boston Dynamics’ first fully electric robot.

Source: bostondynamics.com · Retrieved

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Every field in the schema

6 of 33 fields stated

Imperial figures are our own conversion unless the manufacturer states an imperial figure itself. The source letter always belongs to the metric figure — a conversion has no source of its own.

The letter points to the source at the foot of the page. Fields without a figure are dashed: the manufacturer does not state them — that is not the same as zero, and not the same as no.
Field Value Source and caveats
Physical
Weight75kg165lbOur conversion from 75 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
Lengthnot stated
Widthnot stated
Height94cm37inOur conversion from 94 cm. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A
Degrees of freedom12DoFA

NoteThe page does not say "degrees of freedom" - it labels this stat "Joints: 12". Equated with degrees of freedom, same interpretation this catalog uses elsewhere for Boston Dynamics and Unitree pages that only disclose a joint/actuator count.

Payload, walking45kg99.2lbOur conversion from 45 kg. The manufacturer does not state an imperial figure itself, so the conversion has no source of its own.A

NoteThe stat box gives one undivided "Payload: 45 kg" figure, not split by walking/standing - placement under walking payload is this catalog's standard inference for undivided figures. The body text separately states "It carries a 23 kg payload and operates for 45 minutes on a battery charge" - read as the load condition tied to the runtime figure (see runtime.load_value), not a competing payload spec, since it is paired with a duration in the same sentence.

Payload, standingnot stated
Max speednot stated
Max slopenot stated
Single obstaclenot stated
Stair step, continuousnot stated
IP ratingnot stated
Operating temperature, lownot stated
Operating temperature, highnot stated
Power
Batterynot stated
Runtime45minWarning: at load 23 kgA

NoteSingle sentence ties both figures together: carries 23 kg, operates 45 minutes on a battery charge. No unloaded runtime figure is given anywhere on the page.

Hot-swap batterynot stated
Charge timenot stated
Docking stationnot stated
Sensing and autonomy
LiDAR360-degree scanning LiDAR + stereo visionA

NoteNo brand/model disclosed - only the sensing modality, from the stat box plus the About text.

Camerasnot stated
Onboard computenot stated
ROS 2not stated
SDK languagesnot stated
Autonomy levelnot stated
Payload and expansion
Mounting interfacenot stated
Power outnot stated
Data portsnot stated
Commercial
Indicative pricenot stated
EU
CE statednot stated

Records only what the manufacturer states regarding CE marking.

FCC statednot stated
UL statednot stated
CCC statednot stated

Stair step and payload each exist in two variants. Only compare fields with the same label.

Notes

  • Built by Boston Dynamics in 2015 as the company's first fully electric legged robot.
  • Operated indoors and outdoors to lay the architectural and software groundwork for the commercial Spot quadruped.

The manufacturer’s own page

The manufacturer’s original product page for this model.

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Sources

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