The Mercury is a Humanoid robot developed by Apptronik (United States), launched 2018, priced at $150,000 USD. Key specifications: form factor wheeled humanoid, height 118 cm, weight 55 kg, mobility wheeled.
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Overview
Mercury is an adult-sized bipedal robot designed to study highly dynamic locomotion. It has passive ankles and must continuously take steps to stay balanced. The robot features series elastic actuators in all joints for precise trajectory tracking, advanced inertial state estimation, and feedback control systems. Its whole-body controller can simultaneously handle high-level walking Cartesian tasks and arm-based manipulation tasks.
Flagship features
- **Modular Design**: Apollo is modular and can be mounted to any mobility platform, stationary, or fully mobile with legs
- **Intuitive Interaction**: LEDs in head, Mouth, and Chest all working together to communicate status
- **Unbeaten Safety**: Advanced Force Control Architecture
Buyer decision signals
Viability
Jabil collaboration announced
Price
Specifications
Category: Humanoid- Form factor
- wheeled humanoid
- Height
- 118 cm
- Weight
- 55 kg
- Mobility
- wheeled
- Walking speed
- ≤ 1.2 m/s
- Total DOF
- 19
- DOF / arm
- 17
- Payload
- 1 kg
- Lifting capacity
- 25 kg
- Battery
- 8 h
- Hot-swap battery
- Yes
- Onboard compute
- Jetson Orin Nano SUPER 8GB
- Sensors
- LIDAR, Ultrasonic Radar, 2D Vision
- LiDAR
- Yes
- F/T sensors
- No
- Imitation learning
- No
- Bimanual
- Yes
- Stair climbing
- Yes
- Terrain
- flat indoor, inclines up to 15°
- Programming
- code python,code cpp,no code gui
- ROS 1
- Yes
- API / SDK
- Yes
- SDK languages
- Python, C++
- Maturity
- commercial
- Environments
- indoor
- Industries
- education, service, industrial automation
Company profile
- Funding raised
- $350.0M
- Founded
- 2016
Detailed specifications
Other3
- Sub Category
- humanoid
- Company Country
- CN
- Additional Information
- - **Modular Design**: Apollo is modular and can be mounted to any mobility platform, stationary, or fully mobile with legs. - **Intuitive Interaction**: LEDs in head, Mouth, and Chest all working together to communicate status - **Battery Life**: Hot swappable battery packs, each with a four-hour runtime, allow Apollo to continue working with a simple battery change instead of a plug-in charge during which time it is not operational. If desired, Apollo can be plugged into charge or tethered for continuous operation. - **Unbeaten Safety**: Advanced Force Control Architecture - **Intuitive Software Suite**: Apollo’s software suite enables point-and-click control of your humanoid robots and automation by deploying and fully integrating a wide range of solutions into your warehouse and manufacturing operations.
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Company milestones
- Feb 2025PartnershipJabil collaboration announced
- Feb 2025PartnershipApptronik and Jabil announce Apollo production collaboration
- Feb 2025FundingSeries A financing
- Mar 2024PartnershipMercedes-Benz commercial agreement
- Mar 2024PartnershipApptronik and Mercedes-Benz commercial agreement
- Aug 2023LaunchApollo unveiled
- 2024DeploymentFirst publicly announced commercial Apollo deployment
- 2016MilestoneFounded at UT Austin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who makes the Mercury?
- The Mercury is developed by Apptronik, based in United States.
- What type of robot is the Mercury?
- The Mercury is a Humanoid robot made by Apptronik.
- How much does the Mercury cost?
- The Mercury is priced $150,000 USD.
- When was the Mercury launched?
- The Mercury was launched in 2018.
- What are the key specifications of the Mercury?
- Key specifications of the Mercury: form factor wheeled humanoid, height 118 cm, weight 55 kg, mobility wheeled, walking speed ≤ 1.2 m/s.
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