{
  "slug": "apptronik-apollo",
  "name": "Apollo",
  "manufacturer": "Apptronik",
  "manufacturer_slug": "apptronik",
  "category": "humanoid",
  "categories": [
    "humanoid"
  ],
  "primary_industries": [
    "automotive",
    "manufacturing",
    "logistics"
  ],
  "primary_use_cases": [
    "material-handling",
    "machine-tending"
  ],
  "generation": "Apollo",
  "release_date": "2024",
  "country": "United States",
  "tagline": "A modular industrial humanoid piloting with automakers and logistics operators.",
  "summary": "Apollo is a general-purpose industrial humanoid designed for a stated payload around 25 kg. Apptronik has a commercial pilot agreement with Mercedes-Benz and relationships with logistics operators. It sits in the 'credible pilot' tier: real named customers, but published, independently-verified throughput numbers are still limited.",
  "form_factor": "Bipedal humanoid",
  "commercial_status": "pilot",
  "status_note": "Commercial pilot agreements announced with named manufacturers; not a general catalog product yet.",
  "specs": {
    "height_cm": 173,
    "weight_kg": 73,
    "payload_kg": 25,
    "degrees_of_freedom": null,
    "speed_mps": 1.5,
    "battery_kwh": 2.0,
    "runtime_hours": 4,
    "charging": "Swappable battery",
    "sensors": [
      "cameras",
      "onboard perception"
    ],
    "mobility": "Bipedal walking",
    "end_effectors": "Interchangeable hands/effectors",
    "environmental_limits": "Indoor industrial environments"
  },
  "spec_evidence": "manufacturer-reported",
  "economics": {
    "purchase_price_usd": null,
    "purchase_price_note": "Not publicly disclosed.",
    "price_estimate_low": 100000,
    "price_estimate_high": 175000,
    "price_evidence": "analyst-estimate",
    "raas_monthly_usd": null,
    "raas_note": "No standard published rate.",
    "integration_cost_estimate_usd": 35000,
    "annual_maintenance_estimate_usd": 14000,
    "energy_cost_annual_estimate_usd": 850,
    "useful_life_years_estimate": 5,
    "expected_utilization_pct": 60,
    "economics_evidence": "analyst-estimate"
  },
  "deployments": [
    {
      "customer": "Mercedes-Benz",
      "industry": "Automotive manufacturing",
      "location": "Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities",
      "task": "Piloting intralogistics and part-handling tasks",
      "start_date": "2024",
      "units": "Pilot",
      "duration": "Ongoing pilot",
      "operating_environment": "Automotive production/logistics",
      "human_supervision": "Supervised pilot",
      "documented_outcome": "Commercial pilot agreement announced; detailed throughput not published.",
      "evidence_level": "customer-confirmed",
      "source": "Apptronik / Mercedes-Benz",
      "source_url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apptronik-and-mercedes-benz-enter-commercial-agreement-that-will-pilot-apptroniks-apollo-humanoid-robot-in-mercedes-benz-manufacturing-facilities-302089972.html",
      "source_date": "2024"
    }
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz entered a commercial agreement to pilot Apollo in Mercedes-Benz facilities.",
      "evidence_level": "customer-confirmed",
      "confidence": "high",
      "verification_status": "joint announcement",
      "source_url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apptronik-and-mercedes-benz-enter-commercial-agreement-that-will-pilot-apptroniks-apollo-humanoid-robot-in-mercedes-benz-manufacturing-facilities-302089972.html",
      "source_date": "2024",
      "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apptronik-and-mercedes-benz-enter-commercial-agreement-that-will-pilot-apptroniks-apollo-humanoid-robot-in-mercedes-benz-manufacturing-facilities-302089972.html"
  ],
  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-04"
}