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Apollo 2 Bipedal
United States · Pilot · 
Summary
Apollo 2 Bipedal is Apptronik's humanoid configuration for work in human-designed spaces, used at Robot Park and partner sites for logistics, manufacturing and retail data collection.
Identity
Status
Pilot
Category
Humanoid
Type
Industrial humanoid
Function
Move materials
Audience
Industrial teams
Performance
BATTERY SYSTEM
Swappable batteries for 7x22 operation
Systems
ACTUATION
Patented actuator tech, 90%+ energy efficiency
Other
CHARGING
Opportunity charging and tethering
Video
Capabilities
CLAIMED (date not recorded) — Object manipulation: pick up and reposition objects during logistics or manufacturing work.
Comparable systems — same status tier
Context & Benchmark
Comparable systems: Walker C (UBTECH), Vanar Gen1 (Vanar Robots), Kepler K2 (Kepler Robotics), IRON (XPeng), Atlas (Boston Dynamics), ALICE 4 (AeiROBOT). Related systems: AEON (Hexagon), Phoenix (Sanctuary AI).
Timeline
FUNDING (11 Feb 2026) — 'Apptronik raises $520M Series A-X extension for Apollo humanoid production': existing investors B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz, PEAK6; new investors AT&T Ventures, John Deere, Qatar Investment Authority; capital tied to Apollo production, commercial deployments, robot-training infrastructure; total Series A financing >$935M, total capital raised nearly $1 billion.
Research
PAPER (30 May 2026) — 'Too Much of a Good Thing: When sim2real Efforts Impede Policy Learning (And What to Do About It)': argues sim2real efforts create misaligned incentives with policy learning, causing simulator lock-in and poor policy exploration; explicitly tied to Apollo 2 Bipedal (high confidence product binding); adds product-linked reinforcement-learning research coverage.
Resources
Image: Apollo 2 platform view (official product image) + 2 videos. Documents: 'Apollo 2 platform reference' (OFFICIAL datasheet, hardware/safety architecture/controls/deployment design).
Deployments
CUSTOMER SITE (15 Mar 2024) — Mercedes-Benz: Apptronik announced a commercial agreement with Mercedes-Benz to pilot Apollo humanoid robots in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities. Environment: Germany/manufacturing facilities. Product/scope: Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities.
Supply
Verified supply links: 1 product-specific link, 0 platform-level, 1 layer (Compute & Control). NVIDIA -> Apptronik: 2024 Apollo architecture included onboard NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin and Jetson Orin NX modules, Confirmed, High verified.