Our mission is to imagine and create special robots that help enrich people’s lives. By designing robots with the mobility, dexterity, and perception necessary to contribute to modern society, we strive to create a future where humans and machines work together to enhance safety, productivity, and quality of life.
Curiosity and respect for the natural world are at the core of our work in robotics. Building a legged machine that can move in ways similar to humans and animals is a significant challenge. After decades of work, we have only just begun to tap into the potential capabilities of robots. However, the general mobility of robots allows us to focus on how to use this new form of automation to improve our lives. We see this as the next step in human history in creating machines that reduce danger, repetition, and the physically demanding aspects of work.
The next generation of robots will work alongside us, making working partnerships crucial. We believe that robots will complement human ingenuity and creativity in making work safer and more enjoyable. While artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing, we believe that only humans have the intelligence to manage the full complexity and richness of real-world conditions in our diverse workplaces. We design robots from the ground up to leverage human intelligence, keep people safe, and ease the heaviest workloads.
It is essential that robots are reliable if humans are to work effectively with them. Therefore, we will build robots with predictable, understandable, and transparent tasks and capabilities that serve human needs. We are committed to being transparent with the public and our customers about the state of our technology.
We will not permit or collaborate with those who wish to use our robots as weapons or autonomous targeting systems. If our products are used to cause harm, we will take appropriate measures to mitigate that misuse.
We will not permit or collaborate with those who wish to use our robots in ways that violate privacy and civil rights laws. We understand that emerging AI technologies, including computer vision and personal identification algorithms, raise ethical, legal, and bias-related questions regarding their use in public spaces.
We believe that serving government customers with a duty to protect safety and security aligns with our mission as long as such work remains consistent with our terms of use, which strictly prohibit weaponization, targeting, and violations of privacy and civil rights laws.
We will leverage our leadership in robotics to help the public, legislators, governments, and commercial customers understand the capabilities and limitations of current robotic technology. We will support and encourage the collaboration of stakeholders, including academia, industry associations, NGOs, and policymakers, to debate and agree on the benefits and risks of this new technology. We will work with legislators to promote laws surrounding the safe deployment and use of robots.
