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

Canonical ID: `4b71d5de-20e5-4855-8c09-d103f4c579b7`

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

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** apollo-2-mercedes-benz-berlin-marienfelde
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Apollo 2](/models/apptronik-apollo-2.md) (id: `cab2795c-37e2-4c10-adc2-0c6acdcba18b`)
- **Company:** [Apptronik](/companies/apptronik.md) (id: `e7a41cec-45f0-4061-8042-270161a5c06f`)
- **Location:** [Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)](/locations/germany/mercedes-berlin-digital-factory.md) (id: `9c57f6c9-4edc-45af-a1f1-aa8671e3bcee`)
- **First seen:** 2025-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (4)

1. https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/production/procuction-network/mbdfc-humanoid-robots.html
2. 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
3. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Humanoid-robots-Mercedes-Benz-invests-millions-in-Apptronik-10320691.html
4. https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/mercedes-benz-apptronik-humanoid-robots-apollo-manufacturing/710958/

## 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.


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