German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is conducting trials of humanoid robots from Apptronik at its production lines.Mercedes-Benz is testing Apptronik's Apollo model for tasks such as moving components to the production line and carrying out quality checks.The company has taken a stake in Apptronik and is training the robots through teleoperation to gradually make them autonomous.Other carmakers, including Honda, Hyundai, and BMW, have also experimented with humanoid robots in their production processes.