Unitree R1
A publicly priced entry humanoid that makes the category feel real.
Unitree Robotics, China
Apptronik, United States
Apptronik Apollo 2
A business-first humanoid built for real work in warehouses, retail, and manufacturing.
- Status
- Work robots
- Public price
- Not disclosed
- Category
- Industrial humanoid
- Best for
- Warehouse and retail
How close to a home
1 / 5
Why it matters
Apollo represents the business case for humanoids: mobile automation that can plug into real labour environments before the home market fully opens.
What it can do
Apptronik positions Apollo for manufacturing, warehouses, and retail, where repetitive movement, handling, and flexible human-like form matter.
The company
Apollo is marketed as scalable AI-powered robotics for enterprise settings. The focus is not consumer fantasy, but commercial deployment.
Specs
Apollo 2 is modular: a bipedal configuration for spaces built for people and a wheeled base for high-throughput work. Swappable batteries for round-the-clock operation, a chest display for status and battery, an LED mouth and speech for working next to people, Apptronik’s own actuators. The maker publishes no height, weight or price on the product page, so none is listed here. From apptronik.com.
Roboosh verdict
Important to watch because it reflects where revenue may arrive first. Not a household butler, but a serious workplace contender.
Reality check
For many humanoid companies, enterprise work is the bridge to everything else. Apollo makes that logic easy to understand.
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