Boston Dynamics names Prasad CEO

Boston Dynamics appointed Rohit Prasad as CEO effective October 7, succeeding Robert Playter, who left in February. The company ran without a permanent chief. Prasad spent 12 years leading Alexa and Amazon's AI work after nearly 14 years at Raytheon BBN Technologies on machine learning and speech recognition. The record includes no direct quotes from Prasad or Playter. Boston Dynamics, controlled by Hyundai, is combining AI and robotics around Spot, Stretch, and the Atlas humanoid robot. Hyundai plans to begin deploying Atlas at a Georgia plant in 2028 and has outlined capacity to produce up to 30,000 humanoid robots annually. CONTESTED: none found in the record. Rated coverage across the spectrum showed no distinct left or right framing on the appointment.