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Mercedes-Benz Group AG

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Mercedes Benz Group, German luxury automaker deploying Figure 03 Humanoid robots in production and developing autonomous driving technology.

Track Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Founded
1926
HQ
Stuttgart, Germany
Status
Public

Patents

4

Overview

Mercedes Benz Group, German luxury automaker deploying Figure 03 Humanoid robots in production and developing autonomous driving technology.

Reality check

Wayve AI Driver deal (company-claimed)

Sep 2026: agreed to integrate Wayve's AI Driver into future Mercedes vehicles within two years; separate from Drive Pilot L3.

Verified record

Verified deployments
None on file
Active incidents
None on file

Key facts

Name

Daimler-Benz lineage; renamed Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Feb 2022.

Humanoid robotics

A strategic investor in Apptronik; pilots the Apollo humanoid at its Berlin Digital Factory Campus and in Hungary.

Data & sources

Press releases

1

News coverage

2

Patent documents

4

Web sources

6

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Partnerships

Every company Mercedes-Benz Group AG has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

3 total2 operating1 just announced

Most-frequent partners

  1. 1Apptronik2× joint17 total
  2. 2Wayve1× joint8 total

Most recent

  1. Wayve x Mercedes-Benz (production AI Driver)2026-09-22
    with Wayvejust announced
  2. Apptronik - Mercedes-Benz (Apollo pilot)2024-03-15
    with Apptronikoperating
  3. Mercedes-Benz x Apptronik2024-01-01
    with Apptronikoperating

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Relationships

AApptronikTechnology partnerWWayveTechnology partner

Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Mercedes-Benz Group AG, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

What is Apptronik Apollo and how does it compare to other humanoids?
Apptronik Apollo is a bipedal humanoid robot from Apptronik, a US humanoid maker based in Austin, Texas with NASA Valkyrie research heritage. Apollo is deployed in enterprise pilots across three Fortune-500 customers (Mercedes-Benz, GXO Logistics, Jabil) and represents the enterprise-breadth strategy in the humanoid commercial deployment landscape.Read the full explainer →
What does Figure's BMW Spartanburg humanoid deployment actually look like?
The Figure 02 humanoid robot has operated in production at BMW Group's Spartanburg, South Carolina plant since August 2024, contributing to the assembly of more than 30,000 BMW X3 vehicles over an 11-month deployment that accumulated 1,250 hours of runtime handling more than 90,000 parts in chassis-assembly tasks. The deployment is the canonical commercial humanoid manufacturing reference for the cohort, with end-product OEM acceptance verification distinguishing it from peer humanoid deployments. BMW Group has announced expansion to its Plant Leipzig facility as the second humanoid production site. Figure's current-generation Figure 03 is deployed at Catalyst Brands Reno, not at BMW; BMW Spartanburg remains the Figure 02 deployment anchor as of mid-2026.Read the full explainer →

Current leadership (1)

Safety record

No incidents on record for Mercedes-Benz Group AG.

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Recent coverage

Mercedes-Benz Group AG in third-party press

Bolt, Stellantis, Pony.ai to launch autonomous vehicle test program in Luxembourg

Jun 8, 2026

Do not miss the return of the Industrial Revolution: Mercedes-Benz, First Hydrogen, and Rockwell Automation are leading the way

May 12, 2026

Mercedes-Benz says humanoid robots can't replace factory workers — yet

Apr 22, 2026

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