APPTRONIK said Thursday that he has raised 350 million dollars in a financing round led by B Capital and Capital Factory, with the participation of Alphabet Google, to climb the production of humanoid robots driven by AI.
The Austin -based company, Texas, is developing Apollo, a humanoid robot or similar to a human whose tasks will include working in warehouses and manufacturing plants moving packages and other tasks oriented to the supply chain.
Apptronik joins rivals as Tesla and backed by Nvidia. AI appears in the race to develop robots similar to humans as the development of artificial intelligence leads to advances that are significant in robotics and automation. In October last year, the Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, said they had achieved “many progress” with his humanoid robot “optimus”, which could perform many daily tasks. “This represents a turning point for the industry.
The way I think about robotics and AI is very similar to the great language models in 2023. So I think that in 2025 we will see a lot Interview with Reuters.
The company, which said that plans an “extended deployment” of Apollo this year, will use the investment to expand the abilities of the robot to other industries, including the care of older people and medical care. Apptronik, has an association with the Google Deepmind robotics team and said it has commercial agreements with Mercedes-Benz and Gxo Logistics for its humanoid robots.
With Reuters information.
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