Apptronik Opens 90,000 sq ft Robot Park to Advance Apollo 2 Humanoid Development

Apptronik has unveiled Robot Park, a new 90,000-square-foot testing and development facility in Austin, Texas, dedicated to accelerating the advancement of its Apollo 2 humanoid robot platform through large-scale real-world data collection.

The strategic announcement follows the company's massive $1 billion Series A funding round, which included a $520 million capital extension announced earlier this year. Located in a former Dell manufacturing plant near Apptronik's corporate headquarters, Robot Park significantly expands the company's humanoid hardware testing footprint and serves as the operational primary development hub for Apollo 2.

Jeff Cardenas, Co-founder and CEO of Apptronik, stated:

"Apollo 2 represents a significant upgrade over the first generation with next-generation actuation, a larger battery capable of achieving up to four hours of runtime depending on the task, safety-rated battery systems for customer deployments, improved sensor placement for data collection, and enhanced end-effector options."

Designed as both an advanced prototype and a live data collection platform, Apollo 2 is engineeringly available in both wheeled and bipedal configurations, enabling highly flexible deployment across industrial and logistics environments. The modular robot is already actively operating at customer facilities worldwide, collecting vital operational data that supports continuous AI model improvement.

Apptronik's technical collaboration with Google DeepMind plays a central role in this newly scaled initiative. Data gathered by the physical Apollo 2 fleets contributes directly to the training and development of Gemini Robotics foundation models, creating an integrated feedback loop between real-world hardware deployments and cloud AI training.

Robot Park will primarily target manufacturing and warehouse automation applications while supporting active pilot deployments with key enterprise customers including Mercedes-Benz and GXO Logistics.