Mercedes Puts Humanoid Robots To Work At Berlin Production Site

Mercedes-Benz is testing humanoid robots at its Berlin factory to work in logistics, quality control and repetitive tasks. Factory employees are helping to train them.

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Figure AI wants to quickly bring its humanoid robot Figure 03 to the market and pushes for mass production. The BotQ factory was developed for this purpose.

Mercedes Puts Humanoid Robots To Work At Berlin Production Site

Mercedes-Benz is testing humanoid robots from US firm Apptronik at its Berlin factory. Apollo robots manage logistics, quality checks, and assist with repetitive tasks on the line. Company employees helped train the robots using teleoperation and augmented reality. For decades, car factories have relied on massive industrial robots to help build vehicles. Now, some of these plants are stepping it up with cutting-edge humanoid robots. Mercedes-Be…

Figure AI unveils BotQ high-volume humanoid manufacturing facility - The Robot Report

The floor plan for Figure AI’s BotQ manufacturing facility. | Source: Figure AI Humanoid robots have been slowly making their way into the workforce. However, one question remains unanswered: How will robotics companies make these complex systems at scale? Figure AI Inc. last week introduced BotQ, its new high-volume factory for humanoids. The company said BotQ’s first-generation production line will be capable of manufacturing up to 12,000 robo…

On 15 March 2025, Mercedes-Benz announced the recruitment of a very special staff in its factories in Berlin (Germany) and Kecskemét (Hungary): humanoid robots that correspond to the name of Apollo. Biped robots to improve the conditions of real-life employees Although it is now common and accepted that car factories are already equipped with industrial robots, Apollo models have nothing to do with them. On the one hand, industrial robots are fi…