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Apollo Industrial
Apptronik
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- Height
- 5 feet 8 inches (5'8")
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- Verified autonomy
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Apollo Industrial
ApptronikApollo Industrial is a general-purpose humanoid robot manufactured by Apptronik (Austin, TX), standing 5'8", weighing 160 lbs, with a 55 lb payload capacity and 4-hour runtime per battery pack. It targets logistics, manufacturing, and automotive sectors for tasks such as trailer unloading, case picking, and palletization. Apptronik has raised nearly $1 billion in total capital at a $5 billion valuation, with investors including Google, Mercedes-Benz, and John Deere. Independent evidence of real-world autonomous task performance in production environments is absent from the supplied facts; vendor claims of autonomous operation have not been verified by independent sources. A significant portion of the extracted facts are irrelevant to this system (Apollo.io SaaS pricing, Apollo electric scooter complaints), indicating data extraction noise that must be discounted.
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Specification
- height
- 5 feet 8 inches (5'8")
- weight
- 160 lbs
- payload
- 55 lbs
- battery runtime
- 4 hours per battery pack; tethered operation also supported for continuous use
- vendor runtime claim
- 24x7 operation (vendor claim, not independently verified)
Price
No public price — contact the supplier for a quote.
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Evidence-graded claims from the Apptronik deep report
Apptronik has raised nearly $1 billion in total capital (>$935M Series A) at a ~$5 billion valuation
The >$935M Series A figure is confirmed by an official GlobeNewswire press release [11] — an independently distributed wire service — and corroborated by multiple commerce sources [5][7][8][9] converging near $5B valuation, though the exact valuation ($5B vs $5.5B) and precise total capital figure vary slightly across sources.
from Apptronik deep report →
Apollo is a general-purpose humanoid robot capable of task-switching across diverse logistics and manufacturing workflows
Vendor sources [1][6] describe Apollo as general-purpose with multiple enumerated use cases, but no independent benchmark, third-party test, or customer deployment report verifies cross-task switching capability in real-world conditions.
from Apptronik deep report →Apollo has a 55 lb payload capacity, stands 5'8" tall, weighs 160 lbs, and runs for 4 hours per battery pack
These specifications are stated on Apptronik's official website [1] with high internal consistency, but no independent teardown, third-party lab test, or regulator filing has verified them, making them vendor-claimed only.
from Apptronik deep report →Apptronik has partnered with Google DeepMind to integrate Gemini AI into Apollo, positioning it as a foundation-model-powered robot
The partnership is confirmed by official press releases [10][11][12] and corroborated by commerce sources [6][9], but no independent technical assessment or Google DeepMind publication verifies what Gemini integration actually delivers in deployed Apollo units.
from Apptronik deep report →Apptronik has partnered with Jabil for mass production of Apollo
The Jabil manufacturing partnership is cited in official press releases [10][11] and community sources [6], but no independent reporting on production volumes, delivery timelines, or units shipped has been identified in the dossier.
from Apptronik deep report →Apptronik's RaaS pricing is approximately $21/hour currently, with a projected decline to ~$17/hour by end of decade
The $21/hour figure is cited by a commerce/analyst source [6] and not contradicted elsewhere, but it is not independently verified by any customer contract, regulatory filing, or neutral third-party report, and the forward projection is entirely speculative.
from Apptronik deep report →
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