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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Apollo was superseded by Apollo 2 in June 2026, which introduced bipedal and wheeled configurations and a 90,000 sq ft Robot Park data-collection facility in Austin, Texas.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 · Machine verified · Humanoids

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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)

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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 verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Apollo
Company
Apptronik
Location
Germany/Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)
Operator
Apptronik
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
Scale at site
undisclosed
Site environment
indoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2026-03-01
ID
6b6baaae-bc8f-441b-8ce8-3ac5fe7cbd64

Timeline

  1. Mar 2026
    First recorded
    Apollo first documented operating at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin).
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Aug 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Verifications (1)

Sources (8)

  1. 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
  2. Mike Kalil: Mercedes invests in Apptronik, expands Apollo use · https://mikekalil.com/blog/mercedes-benz-apptronik-investment/ · 2026-02-24
  3. 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
  4. https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/mercedesbenz-takes-stake-in-robotics-maker-apptronik-tests-robots-in-factories-3934556
  5. https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-03-18/mercedes-benz-takes-stake-in-robotics-maker-apptronik-tests-robots-in-factories
  6. https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/production/procuction-network/mbdfc-humanoid-robots.html
  7. https://www.therobotreport.com/mercedes-benz-testing-apollo-humanoid/
  8. https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/mercedes-benz-apptronik-humanoid-robots-apollo-manufacturing/710958/
Methodology: Verified · 8 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

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

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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. Apptronik operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Apollo at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)?
Apptronik, the manufacturer of Apollo, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
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.

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