Jabil: humanoid robot production moves to tens of thousands of units

Jabil said the humanoid robot industry is shifting from hand-assembled prototypes to production runs of tens of thousands of units, where cost structure and quality become critical. The company works with Apptronik on its Apollo humanoid and with major developers in the U.S. and abroad.

• Jabil: humanoid market moving to volumes of tens of thousands of units
• Company works with Apptronik on the Apollo humanoid
• Consumer robots expected in roughly five years
• Main customers are factories and warehouses, not home tasks