Deployment
Apollo at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)
Apptronik's bipedal general-purpose humanoid, unveiled August 2023, standing 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) and weighing 72.6 kg with a 25 kg payload capacity and 4-hour hot-swappable battery. Commercial pilots launched in 2024 with Mercedes-Benz (assembly kit delivery and component inspection at German production facilities), GXO Logistics (trailer unloading and lineside delivery), and Jabil (inspection, sorting, and kitting; Jabil also manufactures Apollo units). Apollo was superseded by Apollo 2 in June 2026, which introduced bipedal and wheeled configurations and a 90,000 sq ft Robot Park data-collection facility in Austin, Texas.
Apollo by Apptronik · Operated by Mercedes-Benz Group AG · Machine verified
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Mercedes-Benz is piloting Apptronik's Apollo humanoid robot at its Digital Factory Campus in Berlin, where the robot is being used for intralogistics and quality checks. Mercedes-Benz has also taken a stake in Apptronik as part of the expanded commercial agreement.
Key facts
- Fleet
- Apollo humanoid robot
- Operator
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Coverage
- Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus, Berlin
- Use Case
- Intralogistics and quality checks
- Partner
- Apptronik
- Status
- Piloting
Exposure
- Customer segment
- manufacturing
- Scale tier
- undisclosed
- Customer
- (registry company)
Each exposure value carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Apollo 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
- Machine verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-28
- Model
- Apollo
- Company
- Apptronik
- Operator
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2026-03-01
- ID
6b6baaae-bc8f-441b-8ce8-3ac5fe7cbd64
Verifications (1)
- Machine verified by DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5 re-verification)2026-05-30
- asOf
- 2026-05-30
- basis
- Apptronik Apollo active at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus, Berlin-Marienfelde (and Hungary); 2025-2026 pilot fleet, commercial quantities targeted by 2027; Mercedes is a strategic investor. Ongoing as of May 2026.
- status
- active
Sources (8)
- IIoT World: Mercedes piloting Apollo at Berlin (intralogistics, quality checks) · https://www.iiot-world.com/artificial-intelligence-ml/robotics/physical-ai-deployment-roi-humanoid-robots/ · 2026-04-13
- Mike Kalil: Mercedes invests in Apptronik, expands Apollo use · https://mikekalil.com/blog/mercedes-benz-apptronik-investment/ · 2026-02-24
- 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
- https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/mercedesbenz-takes-stake-in-robotics-maker-apptronik-tests-robots-in-factories-3934556
- https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-03-18/mercedes-benz-takes-stake-in-robotics-maker-apptronik-tests-robots-in-factories
- https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/production/procuction-network/mbdfc-humanoid-robots.html
- https://www.therobotreport.com/mercedes-benz-testing-apollo-humanoid/
- https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/mercedes-benz-apptronik-humanoid-robots-apollo-manufacturing/710958/
Methodology: Verified · 8 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: superseded
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Apollo at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin).Common questions
- What is the Apollo deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?
- Apollo, built by Apptronik, is recorded as a deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) on the DEPLOY registry. Mercedes-Benz Group AG operates the deployment.
- Who operates Apollo at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG operates this deployment as a customer of Apptronik, the manufacturer of Apollo.
- When did the Apollo deployment at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting March 1, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the Apollo 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 at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) safe?
- Apollo 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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