What is the Apollo 2 deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?

Apollo 2, built by Apptronik, is recorded as a deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) on the DEPLOY registry. Apptronik operates the deployment directly.

Who operates Apollo 2 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?

Apptronik, the manufacturer of Apollo 2, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

When did the Apollo 2 deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting March 19, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

Have there been incidents at the Apollo 2 deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

Deployment

Apollo 2 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)

Name: Apollo 2 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)
Start: 2025-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)

Second-generation Apptronik humanoid available in bipedal and wheeled configurations, serving primarily as a data collection platform at Robot Park — a 90,000 sq ft facility in Austin, TX developed with Google DeepMind. CEO Jeff Cardenas has described Apollo 2 as still prototype-stage, with Apollo 3 expected to be the first true commercial product. Hundreds of units built as of mid-2026. Data collected feeds Gemini Robotics.

Apollo 2 by Apptronik · Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified

Track Apollo 2 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /deployments/apollo-2-mercedes-benz-berlin-marienfelde.md
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/robots/4b71d5de-20e5-4855-8c09-d103f4c579b7
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

Operator: Mercedes-Benz, at the Digital Factory Campus in Berlin-Marienfelde (Germany), with parallel work at the Kecskemet plant (Hungary). Fewer than ten Apollo robots operational as of the March 2025 disclosure, doing intralogistics: transporting parts/modules to lines, small assembly, quality checks, and picking parts from storage. Trained via teleoperation plus AR knowledge transfer; not proven full autonomy. Commercial agreement announced 2024-03; factory-floor operation with unit counts confirmed 2025-03. Mercedes also took an equity stake in Apptronik. Small-scale pilot, not full production integration.

Key facts

Operator: Mercedes-Benz
Sites: Berlin-Marienfelde (DE); Kecskemet (HU)
Fleet: Fewer than 10 units (Mar 2025)
Task: Intralogistics, small assembly, QC
Autonomy: Teleop + AR training

Safety record

No incidents on record for Apollo 2 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin).

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier: Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified
Last updated: 2026-07-09
Model: Apollo 2
Company: Apptronik
Location: Germany/Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)
Status: pilot
First seen: 2025-03-19
ID: 4b71d5de-20e5-4855-8c09-d103f4c579b7

Sources (4)

Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-09

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: prototype

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

4: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Common questions

What is the Apollo 2 deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?: Apollo 2, built by Apptronik, is recorded as a deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) on the DEPLOY registry. Apptronik operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Apollo 2 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?: Apptronik, the manufacturer of Apollo 2, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Apollo 2 deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) go live?: The deployment is recorded as starting March 19, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Apollo 2 deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?: No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
Is Apollo 2 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) safe?: Apollo 2 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

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