Overview
- A staff memo confirmed Playter’s last day is February 27, with the board beginning a search for a permanent CEO.
- Amanda McMaster, the company’s chief financial officer, will serve as interim CEO during the transition.
- A company spokesperson said Playter will not take an advisory role and plans to spend time off with family and friends.
- Playter, a three‑decade veteran who became CEO in 2020, helped shift Boston Dynamics from an R&D lab to a commercial business with Spot and Stretch.
- The change follows recent Atlas humanoid milestones, with Hyundai outlining plans to start factory deployment of the robots as early as 2028.