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HumanoidPilot

Apptronik Apollo

Industrial humanoid with a hot-swappable battery for multi-shift work. It is at pilot stage and its design prioritizes working alongside workers.

Year
2023
Origin
United States
Autonomy
L2 · Guided autonomy
Dataset review
2026-11 · Methodology & evidence levels

Spec sheet

Manufacturer maxima under declared conditions; not simultaneous. The test condition is shown under each value.

Weight
73 kg
Payload
25 kg
Operating time
4 h
~4 h per battery, hot-swappable
Height
1.73 m

Primary source quality: Press / aggregator

Backed by:[New Atlas, 2023][Engadget, 2023]

Taxonomy profile

Where the platform sits on the four axes of the reference framework.

Autonomy

Guided autonomy
  1. L0
  2. L1
  3. L2
  4. L3
  5. L4
  6. L5

Autonomous navigation on defined routes with basic obstacle avoidance.

Coordination

Coordinated
  1. Standalone
  2. Coordinated
  3. Collaborative swarm

Shares state and telemetry through a base station or central server.

Control

primary: Supervised mission
  1. FPV
  2. Teleop
  3. Supervised
  4. BVLOS
  5. RL/VLA

supported: Teleoperation · Supervised mission · Learned policy (RL/VLA)

Perception

3 sensing modalities
  • Stereo cameras / VIO
  • RGB-D depth cameras
  • IMU

Operating environments

  • Industrial plant
  • Warehouse / logistics

Sectors

  • Advanced manipulation
  • Logistics & last mile

Ideal business case

Case handling and kitting

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