Welcome to Robot Park: Where Apptronik’s Apollo Goes to Work Training the Next Generation of Humanoid Robot Intelligence
Apptronik has opened the doors of its expanded Robot Park facility in Austin, Texas, a dedicated hub where fleets of its Apollo 2 humanoid robots continuously gather real-world data to train the AI brains of tomorrow’s robots. The facility anchors a growing global network of Robot Parks at customer and partner sites, including collaborations with Google DeepMind, Mercedes-Benz, and GXO. The company also unveiled Apollo 2 in both bipedal and wheeled-base configurations, purpose-built for large-scale data collection across diverse tasks and environments.
A Continuous Learning Loop for Humanoid Intelligence
The newly expanded nearly 90,000-square-foot Austin facility is where Apollo 2 robots—operating in bipedal and wheeled forms—perform tasks across logistics, manufacturing, retail, and other customer-driven activities. The data gathered there fuels the training of Gemini Robotics, Google DeepMind’s foundational AI models for robotics, through Apptronik’s research partnership with the AI lab.
“What we’re building is a continuous learning loop with the Google DeepMind Robotics team: robots working, collecting data, and improving with every cycle, in real environments, on real tasks,” said Jeff Cardenas, Apptronik CEO and co-founder. “Robot Park enables the data collection that is fuel for that, and Apollo 2 is the machine that makes it possible.”
The company has already deployed workflows replicating the Robot Park model at partner sites worldwide, capturing diverse real-world experience at scale. The growing dataset, sourced through teleoperation and autonomous execution, is used to refine the Gemini Robotics models that will prepare Apptronik’s commercial fleet for real-world deployment.
Apollo 2: A Modular Workhorse for Real-World Learning
Apollo 2 has been the operational backbone of Robot Park for more than a year. Its modular design offers two configurations: a wheeled base that aligns with existing industrial safety standards, and a bipedal form that maximizes adaptability in complex environments. Both versions enable continuous data collection across a broad range of operational settings.
“For truly useful humanoid robots, safety and reliability have to advance alongside capability,” said Barry Phillips, Apptronik’s Chief Commercial Officer. “By developing Apollo as a modular platform, we’re able to deploy the same core humanoid technology across different configurations, including wheeled robots that align with current industrial safety standards, and bipedal robots for maximum adaptability.”
Everything Apptronik is proving with Apollo 2 directly feeds into its next-generation commercial product, Apollo 3, which will debut with unprecedented out-of-the-box embodied intelligence, thanks to the massive data streams generated in partnership with Google DeepMind.
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