The Mercury is a Humanoid robot developed by Apptronik (United States), launched 2018, listed at $150,000 USD (unverified). 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
Series A financing
Price
Unverified — no source on record
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
Top 60% of 178 models with this spec
Top 11% of 198 models with this spec
Company profile
- Confirmed funding
- US$870.0M· 2 rounds
- Founded
- 2016
Detailed specifications
What it is built for1
- Sub Category
- humanoid
Sensing & perception3
- Camera Present
- Yes
- Ultrasonic Present
- Yes
- Force Torque Present
- Yes
Power & runtime1
- Auto Charging
- Yes
Controls & integration1
- Connectivity Options
- wifi,bluetooth
Other details1
- Hot Swap Battery Supported
- Yes
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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 listed at $150,000 USD in the Robolist catalogue, but this figure is unverified and not confirmed by Apptronik — contact them for a quote.
- 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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