Apptronic Enters Mass Production of Humanoid Robots

American robot startup Apptronic announced on the 25th (local time) that it will embark on a strategic collaboration with manufacturing and supply chain solution company Jville for the mass production of humanoid robots.



Apptronic is a startup established in 2016 by the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. It has been developing the humanoid robot 'Apollo' as its representative model.



Apptronic's humanoid robot 'Apollo'. [Photo = Apptronic]



Apptronic and Jville have decided to operate a pilot program to train Apollo in a factory and establish a line that can mass produce humanoid robots.



The two companies plan to work together to research ways to mass produce humanoid robots at a reasonable price.



Jeff Cardenas, co-founder and CEO of Apptronic, emphasized, "Humanoid robots have the potential to revolutionize the way we live and work, but to make this happen, we need to be able to quickly scale up and produce them in areas where our customers are at an appropriate price point."



CEO Cadenas also said, "The partnership with J-Bill will create a flywheel effect that will allow robots to perform various tasks in the factory, as well as design robots for mass production."



Rafael Reno, J-Bill's Senior Vice President, observed, "Testing Apollo in our own factories will allow us to see firsthand the impact that general-purpose robots can have," and "Once we start producing Apollo devices, we will be able to redefine the future of manufacturing."



The topic of discussion for leading global robot companies this year is also 'mass production of humanoids.'



Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a conference call announcing the company's performance on the 26th of last month (local time), "We aim to produce 10,000 Optimus robots this year," and "(If the situation is difficult) I think we can easily produce thousands of units."



Earlier this month, Tesla reportedly hired manufacturing personnel for mass production of humanoid robots and ordered related parts.



Figure AI's humanoid robots 'Figure02' are carrying ingredients after deciding to put them in a basket. [Photo = LinkedIn account Brett Adcock]



Figure AI will unveil additional features for its humanoid robot artificial intelligence (AI) model 'Helix' on the 27th (local time).



Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock wrote on LinkedIn that day, "We will be unveiling another important AI update tomorrow."



Helix, which was unveiled on the 20th, was evaluated as an AI model that can think like a human and do kitchen work.



The video released by Figure AI shows Figure AI's humanoid robots equipped with Helix independently deciding to put eggs in the refrigerator and pasta in the basket.



Figure AI has also built a manufacturing facility for mass production of humanoid robots. "We have two weeks left until we move into the new Figure Campus," said CEO Adcock. "We will crank out the robots (meaning we will enter the post-production stage of movie production)."



China's leading humanoid robot company, Unitree, has already sold about 2,000 robots online in about 30 minutes. Unitree announced that it will deliver humanoid robots within about 3 months.



As leading humanoid robot technology companies are lining up to prepare for mass production, rapid growth in the market size is expected.



In a recent report, global market research firm Fortune Business Insights forecasted that the humanoid robot market will grow by more than 45.5% annually from $2.43 billion (about 3.45 trillion won) in 2023 to $66 billion (94.8 trillion won) in 2032.





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