{"id":185181,"date":"2024-03-15T14:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/mercedes-begins-piloting-apptronik-humanoid-robots"},"modified":"2024-03-15T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:05:48","slug":"mercedes-begins-piloting-apptronik-humanoid-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/mercedes-begins-piloting-apptronik-humanoid-robots","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes begins piloting Apptronik humanoid robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mercedes-begins-piloting-apptronik-humanoid-robots2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics. Last year, Amazon began testing Agility\u2019s Digit robots in select fulfillment centers, while this January, Figure announced a deal with BMW. Now Apptronik is getting in on the action, courtesy of a partnership with Mercedes-Benz.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Austin-based robotics startup, \u201cas part of the agreement Apptronik and Mercedes-Benz will collaborate on identifying applications for highly advanced robotics in Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing.\u201d Specific figures have not been disclosed, as is customary for these sorts of deals. Generally, the actual number of systems included in a pilot are fairly small \u2014 understandably so, given the early nature of the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, these deals are regarded as a win-win for both parties. Apptronik can demonstrate clear interest from a leading automotive name, while Mercedes signals to customers and shareholders alike that it\u2019s looking to the future. What comes next is what really matters. Should the pilot go well, causing the carmaker to put in a big order, that would be a massive feather in Apptronik\u2019s cap \u2014 and the industry at large.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics. Last year, Amazon began testing Agility\u2019s Digit robots in select fulfillment centers, while this January, Figure announced a deal with BMW. Now Apptronik is getting in on the action, courtesy of a partnership with Mercedes-Benz. According to the Austin-based robotics startup, \u201cas part of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}