# Boston Dynamics acquires Kinema Systems

Boston Dynamics has agreed to acquire Kinema Systems, a company that enables industrial robotic arms with deep learning technology to locate and move boxes on complex pallets.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-04-04
- Status: announced
- Products: deep learning box-moving technology
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Boston Dynamics](https://endata.com/companies/24800.md) (acquirer)
- [Kinema Systems](https://endata.com/companies/38741.md) (target)

## Sources

- [roboticsandautomationnews.com](https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/tag/industrial-robots/page/19/), 2019-04-15: "Boston Dynamics, maker of the world’s most terrifying robots, has agreed to acquire Kinema Systems, a company that enables industrial robotic arms with deep learning technology to locate and move boxes on complex pallets."

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