DeepMind’s AI humanoids are already doing factory work at Mercedes
Summary
Google DeepMind says Apptronik’s Apollo 2 humanoid robots achieved a 96% success rate sorting automotive parts on Mercedes-Benz production lines in Hungary and Germany. The proof of concept used Gemini Robotics models to track kitting tasks and control the robots’ arms and hands. DeepMind says the system improved after several weeks of post-training and transferred to production with little performance loss. The disclosure does not specify the trial count or how success was measured, and gives no figures for cycle times, uptime, human intervention or operating costs, leaving practical factory productivity unclear.
