Deployment
Apollo at GXO Distribution Center (US, Apptronik pilot)
Apptronik's general-purpose bipedal humanoid designed for industrial tasks such as logistics and manufacturing, with a modular, mass-manufacturable design. Reported pilots in automotive manufacturing.
Apollo by Apptronik · Operated by GXO Logistics · Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified
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GXO's early-stage proof-of-concept program with Apptronik, announced June 20, 2024. Multi-phase R&D initiative beginning with laboratory testing to fine-tune Apptronik's AI model before deploying Apollo to a GXO distribution center in the US. Apollo tested on labor-intensive distribution-center processes including box and tote transport. Part of GXO's multi-vendor humanoid evaluation alongside Agility Digit and Reflex.
Key facts
- Robot dimensions
- Apollo: 5'8", 55 lb payload
- Power architecture
- Swappable batteries, linear actuators, force-control architecture, flexible safety-zone perimeter
- Program phases
- Multi-phase: lab AI-model testing, then US distribution-center deployment
- Tasks under test
- Box and tote transport, item picking, barcode scanning
- Compute
- NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin + Orin NX (275+ TOPS)
- Foundation models
- NVIDIA Project GR00T
- GXO Chief Automation Officer
- Adrian Stoch
- Apptronik CEO
- Jeff Cardenas
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-05-28
- Model
- Apollo
- Company
- Apptronik
- Location
- GXO Distribution Center (US, Apptronik pilot)
- Operator
- GXO Logistics
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2024-06-20
- ID
7838c80a-3711-423e-a3e4-ac28dfc3b145
Verifications (0)
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Sources (4)
- GXO Logistics — Apptronik partnership announcement (June 20, 2024) · https://www.gxo.com/news_article/gxo-partners-with-apptronik-on-robots-to-meet-rising-supply-chain-needs/
- The Robot Report — GXO + Apptronik program coverage · https://www.therobotreport.com/
- Interesting Engineering — Apollo specs and DC deployment plan · https://interestingengineering.com/
- Summit Ventures — humanoid program context · https://summit-ventures.net/