FILE PHOTO: A logo of Mercedes-Benz is seen inside a Mercedes-Benz car dealer in Arnhem, Netherlands February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz is trialling using humanoid robots made by U.S.-based company Apptronik for tasks such as moving components to the production line or carrying out quality checks, the latest automaker to experiment with robots in manufacturing.
The German company has invested a low double-digit million-euro sum in Apptronik, a Texas-based firm founded in 2016 that is racing with the likes of Tesla and Nvidia-backed Figure AI to scale up production of AI-powered human-like robots.
