cleaning
Case and tote handling in factories and warehouses
Real-world demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Mixed / assisted
- Human intervention
- Pilot supervision; teleoperation for data collection
Research record R-005Pilot deployment
Apollo
By Apptronik · United States · announced August 2023
The friendly-faced Texan humanoid running Gemini Robotics, piloting at Mercedes-Benz and GXO ahead of a 2027 commercial model.
Broader research scope
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Research summary
What the record says.
Apollo is Apptronik's general-purpose humanoid, developed in Austin with lineage back to NASA's Valkyrie program. Designed around swappable batteries, a 25 kilogram payload target and a deliberately approachable design language, Apollo has become the hardware face of Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics models under a partnership announced in December 2024.
In 2026 the program scaled: a $520 million raise in February at a valuation around $5 billion (total Series A funding above $935 million), Apollo 2 fleets working in designated areas at Mercedes-Benz, GXO Logistics and Jabil, and 'Robot Park,' a 90,000 square foot data factory in Austin unveiled in June 2026 where fleets generate training data. Apollo 2 comes in bipedal and wheeled-base configurations.
CEO Jeff Cardenas is explicit that current deployments are pilots and data collection: Apollo 3, expected in 2027, is planned as the first true commercial product.
Delivery evidence
Announcement is not arrival.
Real-world demo
Pilot fleets at Mercedes-Benz, GXO and Jabil facilities; no commercial sales
Capability ledger
What has actually been shown?
2 material claims are separated by evidence setting and human involvement. The strongest recorded signal is Real-world demo; it does not automatically transfer to every row.
conversation
Voice interaction via Gemini
Controlled demoVerified July 2026
- Control mode
- Autonomous
- Human intervention
- None claimed
Hardware record.
- Height
- 173 cm
- Weight
- 73 kg
- Locomotion
- Bipedal walking; wheeled-base variant of Apollo 2 exists
- Payload
- 25 kg (design target)
- Runtime
- About 4 hours per swappable battery
- Charging
- Hot-swappable battery packs
- Top speed
- Walking pace
- Degrees of freedom
- Not fully disclosed
- Hands
- Modular end effectors and dexterous hands in development
- Face / expression
- Friendly display face used for status and intent
- Sensors
- Perception suite of cameras and depth sensors
Software record.
- AI platform
- Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics models plus Apptronik control stack
- Voice
- Demonstration-level voice interaction
- Languages
- English
- Visual recognition
- Object and task recognition via Gemini Robotics
- Memory
- Task orchestration
- Processing
- Onboard compute with cloud training loop
- Autonomous abilities
- Pilot-site material handling; heavy data-collection focus
- Teleoperation
- Used extensively to generate training data
- Software updates
- Continuous model iteration
- Developer access
- Partner program
Who can see, hear, or take control?
- Recording storage
- Enterprise-controlled
- Remote operation possible
- Yes
- Teleoperation disclosure
- Workplace protocols
- Camera / microphone controls
- Site controlled
- Data deletion
- Contract governed
- Account required
- Enterprise
- Emergency stop
- Industrial e-stop
- Children and pets
- Not applicable (industrial)
- Security updates
- Enterprise support
Lifecycle record
Status history.
- Prototype
Apollo unveiled
- Pilot deployment
Mercedes-Benz pilot announced
- Pilot deployment
Google DeepMind partnership
- Pilot deployment
$520M raise at about $5B valuation
- Pilot deployment
Robot Park data factory; Apollo 2 revealed; Apollo 3 teased for 2027
Source register
3 linked sources.
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