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AUSTIN, Texas, Ju e 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AI-powe ed obotics compa y Appt o ik® today a ou ced the ope i g of the ewly expa ded Robot Pa k™, its flagship data collectio a d t ai i g facility fo huma oid obots i Austi , Texas. The facility i Austi a cho s a g owi g global etwo k of Robot Pa ks at custome a d pa t e sites a ou d the wo ld, a d the compa y pla s to ope ew Robot Pa k locatio s i mo e cities soo .
Appt o ik also u veiled Apollo 2™, the cu e t ve sio of its huma oid obot platfo m, i both bipedal a d wheeled-base co figu atio s. Desig ed to lea eal-wo ld wo k th ough la ge-scale data collectio , Apollo 2 e ables Appt o ik to gathe dive se data ac oss a wide a ge of tasks a d e vi o me ts. As pa t of Appt o ik’s esea ch pa t e ship with Google DeepMi d, the high-quality data collected by Apollo 2 helps to adva ce Gemi i Robotics – Google DeepMi d’s fou datio al AI models fo obotics.
Togethe , Robot Pa k, Apollo 2, a d the esea ch pa t e ship with Google DeepMi d fo m a i teg ated system fo apidly developi g a d deployi g huma oid obot i tellige ce. With ope atio al fleets of Apollo 2 obots al eady active ac oss Robot Pa k a d at key custome a d pa t e sites wo ldwide, Appt o ik is accele ati g the path to scalable, eal-wo ld huma oid obot deployme t.
“The i dust y has spe t yea s showi g what obots ca do i demos. We’ e focused o what they ca do eve y day o the job,” said Jeff Ca de as, Appt o ik CEO a d co-fou de . “What we’ e buildi g is a co ti uous lea i g loop with the Google DeepMi d Robotics team: obots wo ki g, collecti g data, a d imp ovi g with eve y cycle, i eal e vi o me ts, o eal tasks. Robot Pa k e ables the data collectio that is fuel fo that, a d Apollo 2 is the machi e that makes it possible. That’s how you move f om ea ly p ototypes to eal, deployable huma oid obots.”
Huma oid obots like Apollo™ eed la ge amou ts of eal-wo ld data to t ai the embodied AI models that will e able obots to ope ate auto omously, a d Robot Pa k is whe e much of that data is c eated. I side the ewly expa ded ea ly 90,000-squa e-foot facility i Austi , Apollo 2 obots i bipedal a d wheeled co figu atio s lea ac oss a exte sive a ay of custome use cases, pe fo mi g tasks i logistics, ma ufactu i g, etail, a d othe custome -d ive activities.
To captu e dive se eal-wo ld expe ie ce at scale, simila data-collectio wo kflows have bee deployed ac oss a g owi g etwo k of Robot Pa ks i cludi g at ou esea ch pa t e Google DeepMi d a d at custome s like Me cedes-Be z a d GXO, a global leade i high-tech, high-volume logistics. Th ough a combi atio of teleope atio a d auto omous executio , Apollo 2 obots co ti uously ge e ate sig ifica t qua tities of high-quality t ai i g data. This g owi g dataset is used to t ai a d efi e the Gemi i Robotics AI models that will p epa e Appt o ik’s comme cial fleet fo eal-wo ld deployme t.
While Robot Pa k p ovides the fou datio of physical expe ie ce, Appt o ik’s platfo m is built to adapt as Gemi i Robotics a d the scie ce of embodied AI evolves. Today, the compa y captu es high-quality data th ough a state-of-the-a t teleope atio stack a d high-fidelity physics simulatio s to accele ate both ha dwa e desig a d algo ithmic developme t. This multi-modal app oach allows Appt o ik obots to lea f om a wide va iety of expe ie ces, e su i g the platfo m scales alo gside the latest adva ceme ts i AI.
Apollo 2 is a modula AI-powe ed huma oid obot that has bee the wo kho se behi d Robot Pa k fo mo e tha a yea al eady. Built as a data collectio a d t ai i g platfo m, Apollo 2 e ables co ti uous lea i g th ough deployme t ac oss Robot Pa k locatio s a d at custome a d pa t e sites.
By offe i g Apollo i modula co figu atio s, Appt o ik ca optimize data collectio ac oss a va iety of ope atio al e vi o me ts. The wheeled-base co figu atio is desig ed to co fo m with existi g safety sta da ds fo i dust ial mobile obots, allowi g it to fit easily i to existi g custome ope atio s. The bipedal co figu atio p ovides maximum adaptability fo complex e vi o me ts, allowi g Appt o ik to co ti uously efi e the safety a d eliability of its walki g platfo m i eal-wo ld sce a ios.
“Fo t uly useful huma oid obots, safety a d eliability have to adva ce alo gside capability,” said Ba y Phillips, Chief Comme cial Office at Appt o ik. “The modula desig of Apollo is a di ect espo se to custome dema d fo adaptable automatio . By developi g Apollo as a modula platfo m, we’ e able to deploy the same co e huma oid tech ology ac oss diffe e t co figu atio s, i cludi g wheeled obots that alig with cu e t i dust ial safety sta da ds, a d bipedal obots fo maximum adaptability. This app oach helps us build bette obots fo custome s today while layi g the g ou dwo k fo b oad adoptio of huma oid systems i the futu e.”
Eve ythi g Appt o ik is p ovi g a d lea i g th ough the Apollo 2 platfo m is di ectly powe i g the developme t of its ext-ge e atio comme cial p oduct, Apollo 3. By leve agi g the massive data st eams ge e ated by Apollo 2 today i pa t e ship with Google DeepMi d, the upcomi g comme cial fleet will debut with u p ecede ted out-of-the-box embodied i tellige ce.
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