Mercedes-Benz announced a new collaboration with Apptronik to bring their Apollo humanoid robot into the assembly line. More specifically, the robots will be used in logistics to bring parts to the production line for workers to assemble, while simultaneously inspecting the components.
Apollo stands 5 foot 8 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, and has the ability to lift 55 pounds. The humanoid robot is built to operate in industrial spaces, and when combined with Apptronik’s unique force control architecture, it’s capable of maintaining safe operation around people while simultaneously taking on physically demanding tasks.
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When we set out to build Apollo, an agreement like the one we’re announcing today with Mercedes-Benz was a dream scenario. Mercedes plans to use robotics and Apollo for automating some low skill, physically challenging, manual labor – a model use case which we’ll see other organizations replicate in the months and years to come,” said Jeff Cardenas, co-founder & CEO of Apollo.
