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T2 PILOTING BIPEDAL

Apptronik ApolloHumanoid robot reality check: tier, verified deployments, price and evidence ledger

Apptronik

Tier 2, Piloting. Named-customer trials; results are still the maker's word.
Dated events per month
JUN 2026 · 6 events
Aug 2025Jul 2026
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No published priceverified pricechecked against maker channels
0deployment eventscustomer or independent source
3pilot eventsnamed-customer trials
6claim-only eventsthe maker's word, never moves a tier
Shape of the record

14 events, and what kind of thing each one was.

Three pilot events carry the tier. Nothing in the record is a deployment event. Click a band to filter the ledger below.

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PILOTnamed-customer trials
RESEARCHlab and preclinical work
DEMOstunts, stages, exhibitions
CLAIMthe maker's word, never moves a tier
13independentarms-length press and analysts
0customer-sidethe customer itself says so
1vendorthe maker or its PR channels

The Apptronik Apollo evidence ledger: every line has a date and a source.

14 arms-length events on file for the Apptronik Apollo, newest first. Claims are listed and labeled; they never lift the tier.

Spec sheet · maker's datasheet

Height
5 ft 8 in
Weight
160 lbs
Payload
55 lbs (lift)
Battery life
4 h per swappable battery

All values as published by the maker: Apptronik Apollo unveil announcement, retrieved 2026-07-30. Values are from the Apollo unveil announcement; the current product page publishes no numeric specs. Specs describe design intent; they never stand in for evidence.

Apptronik: privately held; no IPO filing on record. Details and sources on the funding and IPO timeline. Facts only, never investment advice.

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Evidence ledger · 14 events
14 of 14 events
  • RESEARCHFleets of Apollo 2 robots run logistics and retail tasks on loop at Robot Park, using teleoperation and autonomy to generate training data (internal data collection). robotnews.therundown.ai · independent
  • CLAIMApptronik indicates that data from Robot Park is already shaping the next-generation Apollo 3. robotnews.therundown.ai · independent
  • RESEARCHApollo practices logistics tasks such as loading boxes onto conveyor belts and sorting toys into bins at Apptronik's internal Robot Park data-collection site (internal, ... businessinsider.com · independent
  • PILOTApollo is used by Mercedes-Benz in its factories in ongoing operation for simple tasks such as gathering components and tools; businessinsider.com · independent
  • RESEARCHApollo is used internally by Apptronik to collect real-world data in logistics and manufacturing settings for training AI models (internal data-collection platform, no external ... forbes.com · independent
  • CLAIMApptronik says the next Apollo version, expected in 2027, will be its first true product moving beyond prototype stage. forbes.com · independent
  • RESEARCHApollo has operated for over a year as Apptronik's internal data collection platform. reuters.com · independent
  • CLAIMApptronik claims to have built hundreds of Apollo robots; reuters.com · independent
  • CLAIMApptronik states via press release that fleets of Apollo 2 robots are active at Robot Park and at unnamed customer and partner sites worldwide. globenewswire.com · vendor
  • CLAIMApollo is under a commercial agreement with Mercedes-Benz. entrepreneur.com · independent
  • CLAIMApptronik states it is beginning to manufacture and sell Apollo; therobotreport.com · independent
  • PILOTApollo is being tested by Mercedes-Benz at its Digital Factory Campus in Berlin. tennessean.com · independent
  • DEMOApollo was publicly demonstrated performing manipulation tasks such as sorting laundry, loading bread into Ziploc bags, and placing blocks by color. eetimes.com · independent
  • PILOTApollo has been trialed on manufacturing lines at the named external partners Mercedes-Benz and Jabil. eetimes.com · independent

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