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Spot Arm

About

About Spot Arm

Spot Arm is a six-degree-of-freedom manipulator mounted on the Spot quadruped. Its gripper, wrist camera and integrated sensing support grasping, dragging, lifting and precise interaction with doors, valves, switches and industrial equipment.

Boston Dynamics’ whole-body controller coordinates the arm and quadruped legs, allowing Spot to reposition its body while manipulating an object. Operators can use remote control, autonomous actions and API-based applications. The arm extends Spot into hazardous inspection and intervention workflows.

14 OCT 2026

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06 OCT 2026

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01 OCT 2026

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10 SEPT 2026

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Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Doors and articulated objects

    Claimed - Open doors and operate valves, levers and switches at industrial worksites. - environment: Industrial worksites

    Source
  • Robotic inspection

    Claimed - Position the arm-mounted camera close to equipment for visual inspection. - environment: Industrial worksites

    Source

Research

  • UTNuclearRoboticsPublic/spot_manipulation

    2025-06-24 - Research Publication - ROS2 Manipulation driver for the Boston Dynamics Spot Robot

    Source

Resources

Media library

Official Boston Dynamics specifications, developer documentation and exact deployment media for Spot Arm.