Mercedes-Benz has been employing industrial robots since the 1970s to perform monotonous and physically demanding tasks. Now, the luxury automaker is testing humanoid robots in production with an initial focus on repetitive tasks in intralogistics.

Mercedes is testing humanoid robots at its assembly plants in Berlin, Germany, and Kecskemét, Hungary, and the automaker plans to bring them to other factories in the near future. The robots are being used to transport components or modules to the assembly line. It can also carry out initial quality checks of components.

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