NASA’s Apollo Humanoid Robot Will Hit the Market for R$ 240,000: It Could Be Your Work Colleague

Written by Bruno Teles

Published on 16/09/2023 at 21:24

Robô Humanoide Apollo da NASA (Imagem / Reprodução Lewis Walker)

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Meet Apollo, the Humanoid Robot Developed by Apptronik and NASA That Promises to Transform the Industrial Automation Sector Starting in 2024.

Get ready to welcome the future coworker. Developed by Apptronik in partnership with NASA, Apollo is a humanoid robot that promises to change the way we see automation.

With a launch expected in 2024 and a price of around US$ 50,000, it’s already making headlines. In the demonstration video, you can see Apollo in action, performing storage and load manipulation tasks with efficiency and precision.

NASA’s Humanoid Robot Apollo Video / Reproduction Lewis Walker

The Operation and Design of Apollo

Imagine this: a robot nearly 5’8″ tall and 158 lbs eagerly awaiting the next delivery in a warehouse. And don’t think we’re talking about just any machine.

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The Differential of Apollo: Human, But Not Too Much

We really had to find new answers. Apollo had to be more than just a machine; it had to convey emotions, intentions, and above all, be relatable.

Mark Rolston – Industrial Designer and Entrepreneur

The term “relatable” in English is often used to describe something or someone with which people can easily identify. In the context of Mark Rolston’s quote about the Apollo robot, the term suggests that the robot was designed to be easily relatable or understandable for humans.

In other words, even though it is a machine, Apollo has features that make it comprehensible and even familiar to people. This can encompass emotional, functional, or visual aspects.

Apollo and Competition

It’s hard not to compare Apollo with other humanoid robots on the market, such as Elon Musk’s Optimus or Boston Dynamics’ Atlas.

However, Apollo manages to stand out, appearing more like a technological masterpiece than a poorly made science fiction movie character. It redefines many of the clichés we’ve seen in decades of literature and cinema about robots.

Although it is the first functional iteration of an autonomous humanoid worker, Apollo 1 has a promising future. It won’t wash your dishes or work on oil platforms for now, but it has already proven to be a machine capable of operating alongside its human colleagues in an industrial setting. And this is just the beginning.

NASA’s Apollo Humanoid Robot Will Hit the Market for R$ 240,000: It Could Be Your Work Colleague

Meet Apollo, the Humanoid Robot Developed by Apptronik and NASA That Promises to Transform the Industrial Automation Sector Starting in 2024.

The Operation and Design of Apollo

The Differential of Apollo: Human, But Not Too Much

Apollo and Competition

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Meet Apollo, the Humanoid Robot Developed by Apptronik and NASA That Promises to Transform the Industrial Automation Sector Starting in 2024.

The Operation and Design of Apollo

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Apollo and Competition

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