Siemens and Humanoid test HMND 01 Alpha at Erlangen plant

Siemens and Humanoid reported that a humanoid robot, HMND 01 Alpha, completed operational testing at Siemens’ electronics factory in Erlangen, Germany. The companies said the work focused on autonomous logistics tasks and connected the robot to Siemens’ industrial integration layer.

The reported deployment was part of a broader Siemens–NVIDIA strategic partnership that the release linked to building “fully AI-driven, adaptive manufacturing sites.” In the Erlangen factory setting, HMND 01 Alpha executed tote-handling activities, including picking, transporting, and placing containers for human operators.

Humanoid described HMND 01 Alpha as purpose-built for industrial environments, using a wheeled mobility platform with advanced manipulation capabilities. The release said the platform integrated NVIDIA’s physical Artificial Intelligence (AI) stack, including Jetson Thor for edge compute, Isaac Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for simulation, and Isaac Lab for reinforcement learning and policy training. Siemens Xcelerator was described as providing digital twin and AI-enabled perception, integrated control and PLC-robot interfaces, fleet management, industrial communication networks, and high-performance drives.

The companies said Siemens deployed the robot in logistics operations and met target performance metrics, including 60 tote moves per hour, uptime exceeding 8 hours, and autonomous pick-and-place success rates above 90 percent. Deepu Talla, vice president of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA, said, “Factories of the future demand robots that can perceive, reason, and adapt autonomously alongside human workers, tackling the labor shortages and operational complexity that traditional automation struggled to handle,” said Deepu Talla, vice president of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA. “With Siemens providing the industrial integration backbone and Humanoid deploying NVIDIA's full physical AI stack - from simulation-first training to real-time edge inference - this deployment paves the way for humanoid robots meeting real production targets on a live factory floor.” Artem Sokolov, CEO and Founder of Humanoid, said, “Our mission is to create humanoid robots that perform not only in controlled lab settings, but also in real-world factory environments, handling meaningful industrial tasks. Our collaboration with Siemens and NVIDIA gives us a powerful advantage by combining NVIDIA's leading AI infrastructure, simulation tools, and frameworks with Siemens' deep industrial expertise and integration capabilities,” said Artem Sokolov, CEO and Founder of Humanoid. “Together, we've proven that humanoid robots are ready for real-world industrial deployment.”

The release stated that simulation-first hardware design cut prototype development from a typical 18–24 months to 7 months and said the deployment relied on the integration described across Siemens Xcelerator and NVIDIA’s physical AI stack.