{"id":"91f922e1-53a8-46cc-9e87-d2301e684d1e","name":"Mercedes-Benz Group AG","slug":"mercedes-benz-group","description":"Stuttgart-based automotive group (corporate lineage Daimler-Benz 1926 → Daimler AG → renamed Mercedes-Benz Group AG in February 2022). An operator piloting Apptronik's Apollo humanoid robot in its manufacturing/logistics operations at the Berlin Digital Factory Campus, and a strategic investor in Apptronik.","status":"Frankfurt: MBG (OTC: MBGAF)","founded":1926,"hq":"Stuttgart, Germany","fundingTotal":null,"type":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"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","label":"Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz enter commercial agreement to pilot the Apollo humanoid robot in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities (quotes Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management, Mercedes-Benz Group AG)","title":"Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz enter commercial agreement to pilot the Apollo humanoid robot in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities (quotes Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management, Mercedes-Benz Group AG)","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Apptronik (PR Newswire)"},{"url":"https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/production/procuction-network/mbdfc-humanoid-robots.html","label":"Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (MBDFC), Berlin — humanoid robots (Apollo)","title":"Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (MBDFC), Berlin — humanoid robots (Apollo)","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"Mercedes-Benz Group (official site)"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/mercedes-benz-testing-apollo-humanoid/","label":"Mercedes-Benz testing Apollo humanoid","title":"Mercedes-Benz testing Apollo humanoid","mediaType":"article","sourceName":"The Robot Report"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Founded","value":"1926 (Daimler-Benz lineage; renamed Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Feb 2022)"},{"label":"HQ","value":"Stuttgart, Germany"},{"label":"Robotics role","value":"Strategic investor in Apptronik; pilots the Apollo humanoid at its Berlin Digital Factory Campus (and Hungary)"}],"aliases":["Mercedes-Benz","Mercedes-Benz Group","Mercedes-Benz Group AG"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-29T15:06:49.724Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-30T14:54:21.262Z"}