A Look Into Apptronik and Its Humanoid Robots | XMAQUINA DAO

Apptronik, a robotics company spun out of the University of Texas at Austin in 2016, has developed Apollo, a general-purpose humanoid robot aimed at industrial and warehouse work. The company traces its roots to Valkyrie, a humanoid built with NASA in 2013, and it sold its earlier robots to fund operations for its first five years. Apollo stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, has a 55-pound payload capacity and runs four hours per battery, and it is being piloted at Mercedes-Benz and GXO Logistics. Apptronik closed a $403 million Series A round in February 2025 and is partnering with Google DeepMind and Jabil.