GXO Logistics and Apptronik signed a letter of intent to expand work on Apptronik’s Apollo humanoid through a Robotics-as-a-Service model. The agreement follows their warehouse proof-of-concept work that began in 2024.
The companies plan to expand joint trials in live operations across workflows including goods-to-person and person-to-goods picking, case and tote movement, packing and sortation. They say trials beginning in 2027 will assess safety, security and technical requirements against agreed productivity, safety and operational KPIs.
Subject to successful trials and meeting the agreed performance, safety and operational KPIs, the companies intend to progress toward a global rollout of up to 1,000 Apollo robots over four years, with initial North American deployment planned for late 2027. The release presents this as a conditional intention, not a firm order.
GXO said Apollo completed an earlier U.S. pilot focused on autonomous picking of small consumer goods. It also said the companies had conducted data collection and live autonomous evaluations on more than 50 logistics tasks at Apptronik’s Robot Park training facility.