Apptronik

• Apollo 2 Bipedal
• Apollo 2 Wheeled
• Astra

  Historical platforms

• QDH

• Operating use

  2026-06-30 - Apptronik says bipedal Apollo 2 robots are active at its Austin Robot Park, collecting training data across logistics, manufacturing, retail and other customer-driven tasks. The Apollo 2 program combines teleoperation and autonomous execution, with data-collection workflows also running at customer and partner sites. - Apollo 2 bipedal at Austin Robot Park; wider Apollo 2 training network described at program level - Austin, Texas

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• Operating use

  2026-06-30 - Apptronik says wheeled Apollo 2 robots are active at its Austin Robot Park, collecting training data across logistics, manufacturing, retail and other customer-driven tasks. The Apollo 2 program combines teleoperation and autonomous execution, with data-collection workflows also running at customer and partner sites. - Apollo 2 wheeled at Austin Robot Park; wider Apollo 2 training network described at program level - Austin, Texas

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• Customer site

  2025-02-25 - Jabil and Apptronik said newly manufactured Apollo humanoid robots would use Jabil factory environments for validation testing and simple repetitive manufacturing tasks before customer-site deployment. - customer - Jabil factory environment

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• Customer site

  2024-03-15 - Apptronik announced a commercial agreement with Mercedes-Benz to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities. - Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities - Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities

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• Apollo 2 Bipedal with Ability Hand

  2026-02-26 - Pilot - Mounted - At Mercedes-Benz's Berlin robotics programme, operators used MANUS gloves to teleoperate Apptronik Apollo shown with PSYONIC Ability Hands.

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Supply chain relationships

• Jabil

  Inbound - Manufacturing - Jabil was selected as Apollo's worldwide manufacturing partner under a pilot collaboration

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• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Apptronik's 2024 Apollo architecture included onboard NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin and Jetson Orin NX modules

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• PSYONIC

  Inbound - End Effectors - Apptronik's Apollo launch configuration used PSYONIC Ability Hands

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• Texas Instruments

  Inbound - Motion Control - TI microcontrollers, gate drivers and analog components provide motor control for Apptronik's 2025 Apollo design

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• 2026-02-11 - Series A-X extension - $520M - Apptronik raises $520M Series A-X extension

  The February 2026 financing brought disclosed Series A funding above $935 million and total capital raised close to $1 billion. - source: apptronik.com

• 2025-03-18 - Series A additional close - $53M - Apptronik adds $53M to bring Series A total to $403M

  The additional close expanded the $350 million Series A announced in February 2025. - source: apptronik.com

• 2025-02-13 - Series A - $350M - Apptronik raises $350M Series A

  The initial February 2025 close was intended to scale robot production and meet customer demand. - source: apptronik.com

• 2022-06-23 - Seed - $14.6M - Apptronik secures $14.6M seed funding

  The June 2022 round was intended to support customer orders and commercialization of general-purpose robots. - source: prweb.com

• Google - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2026-02-11
• Mercedes-Benz - Participant - Unknown - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2026-02-11
• ARK Invest - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2025-03-18
• B Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2026-02-11
• Capital Factory - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-06-23 - latest 2025-02-13
• Helium-3 - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2025-03-18
• Japan Post Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2025-03-18
• Korea Investment Partners - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2025-03-18
• Magnetar - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2025-03-18
• RyderVentures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-02-13 - latest 2025-03-18
• AT&T Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11
• Grit Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-23
• John Deere - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11
• PEAK6 - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11
• Perot Jain - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-23
• Qatar Investment Authority - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-11

• Jeff Cardenas - Co-founder, CEO
• Nicholas Paine - Co-Founder and CTO

Events

• 2026-06-30 - Product Launch - Apptronik opens expanded Robot Park and unveils Apollo 2

  The nearly 90,000-square-foot Austin site anchors a network that also includes Google DeepMind, Mercedes-Benz and GXO locations. Apptronik described a mix of teleoperation and autonomous execution to gather data for Gemini Robotics models. Apollo 2 had already served as a training platform for more than a year; its data would inform the planned Apollo 3 commercial generation.

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• 2026-02-26 - Demonstration - Apptronik Apollo teleoperated with MANUS gloves at Mercedes-Benz

  Operators directly controlled Apollo while synchronized hand and finger motion data were logged for policy learning. The demonstrated configuration included a PSYONIC Ability Hand on Apollo’s arm.

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• 2026-02-11 - Funding - Apptronik raises $520M Series A-X extension

  Repeat investors included B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz and PEAK6; new participants included AT&T Ventures, John Deere and Qatar Investment Authority. The company allocated proceeds to Apollo production, customer pilots and facilities for robot training and data collection. Apptronik said the extension valuation was three times the initial Series A valuation.

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• 2025-10-29 - Award - Apptronik Receives 2025 A-LIST Manufacturing Excellence Award

  Apptronik was honored with the Manufacturing Excellence Award at the 2025 A-LIST Awards. The A-LIST Awards celebrate startups contributing to Austin's economic success. The event highlighted companies across sectors including life sciences, defense, fintech, clean energy, AI, and manufacturing.

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• 2025-09-25 - Demonstration - Apptronik Apollo demonstrates Gemini Robotics 1.5 skill transfer

  Tasks presented only to ALOHA 2 during training also worked on Apollo and the bi-arm Franka platform. Gemini Robotics 1.5 was available to selected partners, while Robotics-ER 1.5 was offered to developers through the Gemini API.

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• 2025-09-15 - Award - Apptronik receives 2025 design and industry awards

  Apollo won Fast Company’s Innovation by Design award in the Artificial Intelligence Design category. Apptronik ranked 33rd on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list, and CEO Jeff Cardenas was named an Automotive News All-Star for Best Emerging Business Model.

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• 2025-06-24 - Company Formation - Apptronik launches Elevate Robotics for superhuman industrial automation

  Apptronik launched Elevate Robotics, a subsidiary focused on superhuman industrial automation. Elevate Robotics will operate independently under CEO Paul Hvass, targeting heavy-duty tasks across various sectors. Apptronik is a humanoid robotics company focused on general-purpose robots for industrial environments.

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• 2025-06-10 - Award - Apptronik named to CNBC's 2025 Disruptor 50 list

  • Apptronik was named #33 on CNBC's 2025 Disruptor 50 list, recognizing the world's most innovative and fast-growing private companies. • The list highlights companies transforming industries and the economy through innovation. • This marks Apptronik's first appearance on the Disruptor 50 list.

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• 2025-05-22 - Award - Apptronik receives 2025 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award for Apollo

  IEEE’s citation highlights Apollo’s human interaction, mass manufacturability, performance and safety. The Product Innovation award considers innovation, creativity, technical merit, originality and potential impact.

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• 2025-03-18 - Funding - Apptronik adds $53M to bring Series A total to $403M

  New participants included Mercedes-Benz, Japan Post Capital, ARK Invest, Helium-3, Magnetar, RyderVentures and a Korea Investment Partners-led syndicate. Proceeds were allocated to Apollo production and deployment across automotive, electronics, logistics, beverage fulfillment and consumer packaged goods.

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• 2025-03-12 - Demonstration - Apptronik Apollo shown with Gemini Robotics

  The vision-language-action model was trained primarily on ALOHA 2 data and could also control a Franka-based bi-arm platform. A separate Robotics-ER model provided spatial reasoning that developers could connect to their existing low-level controllers.

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• 2025-02-25 - Partnership - Apptronik and Jabil collaborate on Apollo production

  Newly manufactured robots were to be tested on inspection, sorting, kitting, line-side delivery, fixture placement and sub-assembly tasks. Jabil would provide worldwide manufacturing capacity, procurement, inventory management and supply-chain support before broader customer deployment.

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• 2025-02-13 - Funding - Apptronik raises $350M Series A

  B Capital and Capital Factory co-led the round, with Google participating. Proceeds supported Apollo production, commercial deployment and development of next-generation robots. Apptronik said it had raised $28 million before this Series A.

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• 2025-01-09 - Demonstration - Apptronik demonstrates Apollo at CES 2025

  The robot used Texas Instruments modules internally and appeared at the semiconductor company’s show area. TechCrunch’s observer reported smooth motion and camera interaction, while describing the showcase as a demonstration rather than autonomous factory operation.

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• 2024-12-26 - Deployment - Apptronik reports Apollo pilot for Amplifier’s holiday surge

  At the Austin-area logistics provider, Apollo sorted orders into outbound shipping containers for multiple carriers. Mitsui’s subsequent industry report listed the pilot robot at 173 cm and 73 kg, with a 25 kg payload.

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• 2024-12-19 - Partnership - Apptronik partners with Google DeepMind on humanoid AI

  Apollo was described as a 5-foot-8-inch, 160-pound platform designed for physically demanding industrial work. The agreement followed Apptronik’s commercial engagements with GXO and Mercedes-Benz during the same year.

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• 2024-06-20 - Partnership - Apptronik and GXO begin Apollo warehouse R&D program

  The initial phase evaluated Apollo in a laboratory and tuned Apptronik’s AI model before a later site trial. The companies identified moving boxes and totes, picking individual items and scanning barcodes as target workflows.

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• 2024-03-18 - Partnership - Apptronik announces NVIDIA collaboration for Apollo learning

  The robot’s onboard computing included Jetson AGX Orin and Jetson Orin NX modules. Apptronik described a GTC demonstration in which Apollo operated a juicer and served juice using the GR00T integration. The planned development workflow also included NVIDIA Isaac Lab and the OSMO compute orchestration service.

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• 2024-03-15 - Partnership - Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz sign Apollo manufacturing pilot agreement

  The agreement was described as Apptronik’s first publicly announced commercial deployment of Apollo and Mercedes-Benz’s first announced application of humanoid robotics. Mercedes-Benz is exploring Apollo for logistics work such as delivering assembly kits to production lines, inspecting components and moving totes later in the manufacturing process. The pilot is aimed at repetitive and physically demanding tasks in human-designed factories, where Apollo’s human-scale form and force-control architecture are intended to support work alongside people.

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• 2024-03-15 - Partnership - Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz agree Apollo manufacturing pilot

  Planned logistics tasks included delivering assembly kits, inspecting components and moving totes of kitted parts. Apollo was designed to work in existing human workspaces, reducing the need to redesign facilities around dedicated robot systems.

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• 2023-08-23 - Product Launch - Apptronik unveils Apollo humanoid robot

  The launch model stood 5 feet 8 inches, weighed 160 pounds and was designed to lift 55 pounds. Its modular upper body could be deployed on legs, a wheeled base or a stationary mount, with swappable batteries rated for four hours. Argodesign developed the approachable appearance and face-and-chest displays used for communication.

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• 2023-08-23 - Partnership - NASA collaboration advances Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robot

  Apptronik worked with NASA through SBIR contracts to develop Apollo for Earth-based logistics, manufacturing, delivery and care applications. NASA’s contribution centered on modularity, mobility and software features for safe operation near people, while Apollo can be reconfigured with different levels of dexterity, autonomy and tool use. The same programme gives Apptronik’s commercial humanoid a possible path to future lunar and Martian support, although the page describes potential adaptation rather than a space deployment.

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• 2022-11-02 - Product Launch - PSYONIC releases Ability Hand for research users

  PSYONIC announced the Ability Hand was being released for robotics researchers worldwide. The company said the hand''s API enabled torque, velocity, and position control of six brushless DC motors plus streaming of encoder and touch-sensor values. PSYONIC identified early research clients including Meta, NASA, Apptronik, and Sanctuary AI, framing the product as a fit for robot learning and dexterous manipulation research.

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• 2022-09-20 - Partnership - Apptronik announces NASA partnership for Apollo

  Apptronik said the first Apollo prototype was complete in Austin and targeted broader commercial availability in 2023. The founders’ earlier NASA work included the Valkyrie robot during the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge. Argodesign was selected to help develop a human-centered robot that could work alongside people.

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• 2022-06-23 - Funding - Apptronik secures $14.6M seed funding

  Capital Factory, Grit Ventures and Perot Jain were among the participating investors. Apptronik reported existing robots operating at Fortune 50 companies in manufacturing, automotive, supply chain and defense.

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• 2016-01-01 - Company Formation - Apptronik founded as University of Texas spinout building humanoid robotics systems

  Originates from the University of Texas Human Centered Robotics Lab Early work includes NASA Valkyrie collaboration and humanoid system development Apptronik is a humanoid robotics company focused on general-purpose robots for industrial environments.

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Relationships

• Google DeepMind

  Research Partner - Apptronik works with Google DeepMind on Apollo 2 data collection for Gemini Robotics model development.

• NASA

  Technology And Team Lineage - Apptronik was founded by engineers from NASA's Valkyrie programme and later collaborated with NASA on several robot systems.

• Mercedes-Benz Group

  Apollo Manufacturing Pilot - Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz entered a commercial agreement to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities.

• Google DeepMind

  Gemini Robotics Collaboration - Google DeepMind Gemini Robotics; public blog positions Apptronik among partners in the model program.

• Jabil

  Partner - Apptronik and Jabil collaborate to scale production of Apollo humanoid robots and deploy them in manufacturing operations.

Market context

Apollo

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Context tags

• Bipedal humanoid robot builders - Peer Group - Official Apollo 2 page explicitly offers bipedal and wheeled configurations of its complete humanoid platform: https://apptronik.com/apollo/apollo-2
• Dexterous manipulation - Capability - Hand and arm manipulation capability disclosed
• Humanoid industrial builder - Peer Group - Core peer group: Apollo humanoid for industrial work
• Industrial task execution - Workflow - Apollo targeting industrial manufacturing workflows
• Warehouse material handling - Workflow - Material handling relevant to Apollo industrial positioning
• Bipedal locomotion - Capability - Apollo demonstrated bipedal walking and mobility
• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Builds complete Apollo humanoid robot system
• Whole-body control - Capability - NASA Valkyrie heritage suggests whole-body control capability
• Pilot deployments - Commercial Stage - Commercial maturity as announced pilots and partnership trials
• Warehouses - Customer Environment - Logistics and material handling environments
• Factories - Customer Environment - Positioned for manufacturing and industrial environments