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Siemens

HMND 01 Alpha factory logistics trial

Siemens reported 60 tote moves per hour in an autonomous robot trial at Erlangen

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Problem

Factory logistics required containers to reach human operators. Siemens tested whether an AI-controlled robot could perform this work in an operating factory.

Approach

Siemens and Humanoid tested the wheeled HMND 01 Alpha at Siemens' electronics factory in Erlangen. The robot autonomously moved totes for operators. It used NVIDIA's physical AI stack, including simulation and reinforcement-learning tools.

Results

60tote moves per hour in the factory trial, reported by SiemensCompany's own claim[1]

above 90%autonomous pick-and-place success rate in the trial, reported by SiemensCompany's own claim[1]

Takeaway

The trial measured handling performance in factory operations. Siemens did not report deployment costs or savings from replacing manual handling.

Sources

Siemens and Humanoid bring Physical AI to the factory floor: deploying humanoids in industrial operations with NVIDIA
Siemens16 Apr 2026Company publication

Source summaries

[1]Siemens16 Apr 2026

Siemens described an autonomous tote-handling trial at Erlangen. It reported 60 moves per hour, uptime exceeding 8 hours and pick-and-place success above 90%.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026