Robotics manufacturer Apptronik announced this week that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with design and manufacturing giant Jabil to build, test, and deploy Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robots.
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Google said it will partner with Apptronik, a Texas-based robotics developer, to “build the next generation of humanoid robots with Gemini 2.0.”
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Read MoreRobotics manufacturer Apptronik announced this week that it has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with design and manufacturing giant Jabil to build, test, and deploy Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid robots.
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Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots, on Tuesday announced a new pilot partnership with American supply chain/manufacturing stalwart, Jabil.
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Jabil will use Apollo robots to assist workers with tasks like sorting and assembly while also helping Apptronik scale up production.
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AI-based humanoid robots could soon start becoming a workforce reality, thanks to parallel advances in generative AI and electromechanical components and mechatronics, enabling robots to have reasoning skills as well as physical abilities that exceed their predecessors.
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Jeff Cardenas is the co-founder and CEO of Apptronik. Jeff’s problem is this: Can you make a safe, reliable humanoid robot – for less than $50,000?
Read MoreCEO Jeff Cardenas said the funding will help the company scale its artificial intelligence robotics development, aiming to eventually sell robots for the price of a car.
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Austin-based Apptronik announced $350 million in funding led by B Capital, Capital Factory and Google to aid in the artificial intelligence robotics company's deployment of its humanoid robot.
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Apptronik said its robots are "poised to transform workplaces worldwide"
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Apptronik said on Thursday it has raised $350 million in a funding round led by B Capital and Capital Factory, with participation from Alphabet's Google, to scale production of AI-powered humanoid robots.
Read MoreHumanoid representation has largely been limited to smaller companies, with the exception of Apptronik. The Austin firm’s Apollo robot made an appearance as part of Texas Instruments’ presence at the show.
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Apptronik Inc. today announced that it has partnered with the Google DeepMind robotics team. The companies said the strategic partnership will combine artificial intelligence with robotics hardware, enabling humanoids to be more helpful to people in dynamic environments.
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Partnership brings greater AI expertise to walking robots for wider applications in factories and warehouses.
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The focus of this partnership will center on embodied AI to deliver general-purpose humanoids.
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Apptronik’s humanoid robot, Apollo, stands 5’8” (1.72 meters) tall, weighs 160 pounds and can lift 55 pounds. It can operate for four hours per battery pack.
Read MoreIn August 2023, Apptronik released Apollo, its first commercial version of a bipedal humanoid robot. These projects helped Apptronik develop the kinematic, mechanical, and electrical expertise to support the venture into bipedal robotics.
Read MoreGoal is to develop practical applications of two-legged robots in a warehouse environment.
Read MorePilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics.
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Apptonick's new A.I.-powered Apollo robot is about the size of a human.
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Apptronik unveiled a new workforce robot today. Named Apollo, the machine is designed to “work in environments designed for, and directly alongside, humans.”
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Apollo stands at roughly human size (5 foot 8 inches tall and 160 pounds in weight with the ability to lift 55 pounds), and maintains unique force control architecture for safe operation.
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We hear from a US robotics CEO why his new machine may be the first useful humanoid. Is he right?
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Back in January, Apptronik said it was working on a new commercial general-purpose humanoid robot called Apollo.
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Apptronik and Argodesign designed Apollo as an antidote to sci-fi tropes.
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Apptronik's latest humanoid robot is Apollo - it's being built to do the jobs that humans don't want to, and to one day build settlements on the Moon and Mars.
Read MoreThe Austin-based firm is beginning pilots, with a target of commercial availability by the end of 2024
Read MoreHumanoids that handle household chores or build habitats on the lunar surface may sound like something from science fiction.
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Apptronik and NASA ready Apollo, a humanoid mobile robot that can manipulate the environment.
Read MoreApptronik, an Austin, US-based company specializing in the development of versatile, mobile robotic systems, has agreed a partnership with NASA to accelerate commercialization of its new humanoid robot.
Read MoreApptronik, a maker of general-purpose robots, exoskeletons and humanoids, has received an equity investment from Terex Corporation and has reached an agreement with Terex to co-develop “first-of-a-kind robots” to work alongside workers to support safety, productivity, and efficiency of industries that power the economy and are essential to building infrastructure.
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There’s a handful of robotics companies currently working on what could be called general-purpose humanoid robots.
Read MoreApptronik, a Texas-based robotics company with its roots in the Human Centered Robotics Lab at University of Texas at Austin, has spent the last few years working toward a practical, general-purpose humanoid robot.
Read MoreNASA hopes Apptronik's Apollo will help lead to a humanoid robot that can go to space.
Read MoreA look at the innovative company Apptronik and how its knowledge and passion are bringing humanoid robots to life for the industrial space and beyond.
Read MoreAUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin-based startup company is trying to change the future, designing robots aimed at altering the way we work and live.
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At the Fast Company Grill at SXSW, panelists discussed what’s required of leaders in these increasingly tough economic times.
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CEO Jeff Cardenas discusses the long road to general-purpose systems at this year’s Automate
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