Mercedes is trialing humanoid robots for ‘low skill, repetitive’ tasks

Mercedes also eventually plans to assess how Apollo handles delivering totes of kitted parts. | Image: Apptronik Mercedes-Benz is the latest automotive company to trial how humanoid robots could be used to automate “low skill, physically challenging, manual labor.” On Friday, robotics company Apptronik announced it had entered into a commercial agreement with Mercedes to pilot how “highly advanced robotics” like Apollo — Apptronik’s 160-pound bipedal robot &md