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  "packageVersion": 1,
  "releaseDate": "2026-09-27",
  "revision": "9ff04b311bd3410e4ede05dc13e8dd9edcdc4492",
  "contentHash": "58eec98e4861ef70a9c0eac2324c495dff1aba60227ba19859d7f933eea02aa2",
  "title": "Three source-checked humanoid robot claims",
  "scope": "Three narrow physical-presence or receipt claims. These claims do not establish commercial sale, scaled deployment, autonomous operation, or the first delivery of any model.",
  "review": {
    "checkedDate": "2026-09-27",
    "method": "The cited primary-source passage was checked against the narrow claim. Publication, event, receipt and arrival dates remain separate.",
    "video": {
      "reviewStatus": "not_reviewed",
      "searchScope": "Video availability was recorded per claim. No video was reviewed, and no video is used as evidence for these claims."
    }
  },
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "g1-edu-4-fraunhofer-receipt",
      "robot": "Unitree G1 EDU-4",
      "organization": "Fraunhofer IPA",
      "claim": "Fraunhofer IPA says a Unitree G1 EDU-4 with Dex3-1 hands was delivered to the institute in May 2025.",
      "claimType": "receipt",
      "modelVariant": "Unitree G1 EDU-4 with Dex3-1 3-finger hands; firmware 1.04",
      "eventDate": "2025-05",
      "eventDatePrecision": "month",
      "publicationDate": "2026-05-27",
      "supports": "Receipt of this exact variant at a named research institute by the stated month.",
      "unknowns": [
        "Exact delivery day",
        "Price",
        "Sale terms",
        "Unit count",
        "Whether this was the model's first customer delivery",
        "Autonomous operation"
      ],
      "autonomy": "unknown",
      "video": {
        "reviewStatus": "not_reviewed",
        "result": "not_found",
        "url": null,
        "timecode": null,
        "searchScope": "Only the cited non-video primary-source page was checked; no broader video search was performed."
      },
      "source": {
        "id": "fraunhofer-ipa-g1-2026-05-27",
        "publisher": "Fraunhofer IPA",
        "role": "recipient-primary",
        "mediaType": "article",
        "url": "https://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de/en/press-media/press_releases/benchmark-for-humanoid-robots.html",
        "title": "New benchmark for humanoid robots in industrial environments",
        "publicationDate": "2026-05-27",
        "reviewedDate": "2026-09-27",
        "reviewStatus": "supported",
        "excerpt": "The technical basis was the Unitree G1 EDU-4 with Dex3-1 3-finger hands delivered in May 2025 with firmware version 1.04."
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "apollo-mercedes-physical-use",
      "robot": "Apptronik Apollo",
      "organization": "Mercedes-Benz",
      "claim": "By 18 March 2025, Mercedes-Benz said Apollo robots were collecting data in a production environment at its Digital Factory Campus.",
      "claimType": "physical-use",
      "modelVariant": "Apollo; hardware generation not identified by the source",
      "eventDate": null,
      "eventDatePrecision": "unknown",
      "publicationDate": "2025-03-18",
      "supports": "Physical use of Apollo robots in a named Mercedes-Benz production setting by publication.",
      "unknowns": [
        "Arrival or handover date",
        "Unit count",
        "Sale terms",
        "Ownership",
        "Hardware generation",
        "Scaled deployment",
        "Autonomous operation"
      ],
      "autonomy": "unknown",
      "video": {
        "reviewStatus": "not_reviewed",
        "result": "not_found",
        "url": null,
        "timecode": null,
        "searchScope": "Only the cited non-video primary-source page was checked; no broader video search was performed."
      },
      "source": {
        "id": "mercedes-benz-apollo-2025-03-18",
        "publisher": "Mercedes-Benz Group",
        "role": "customer-primary",
        "mediaType": "article",
        "url": "https://group.mercedes-benz.com/company/production/production-network/mbdfc-humanoid-robots.html",
        "title": "Humanoid robots at the Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus",
        "publicationDate": "2025-03-18",
        "reviewedDate": "2026-09-27",
        "reviewStatus": "supported",
        "excerpt": "Apollo robots have been collecting data in a production environment"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "figure-03-bmw-spartanburg-presence",
      "robot": "Figure 03",
      "organization": "BMW Group",
      "claim": "BMW Group's photo record dated 25 June 2026 identifies Figure 03 at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg.",
      "claimType": "photo-record-identification",
      "modelVariant": "Figure 03",
      "eventDate": null,
      "eventDatePrecision": "unknown",
      "publicationDate": "2026-06-25",
      "supports": "Identification of the exact model at a named customer facility in BMW Group's dated photo record.",
      "unknowns": [
        "Physical-presence date",
        "Delivery, arrival or handover date",
        "Sale terms",
        "Ownership",
        "Unit count",
        "Production scale",
        "Autonomous operation"
      ],
      "autonomy": "unknown",
      "video": {
        "reviewStatus": "not_reviewed",
        "result": "found",
        "url": "https://videos.ctfassets.net/qx5k8y1u9drj/33JKTQMBo0UKCR26Q7yOkW/61957b991034ab0b99ca439f1b70dfb5/F03_x_BMW_MP4.mp4",
        "timecode": null,
        "searchScope": "A related official manufacturer-hosted video was found from Figure's Figure 03 at BMW page; it was not reviewed."
      },
      "source": {
        "id": "bmw-figure-03-2026-06-25",
        "publisher": "BMW Group PressClub",
        "role": "customer-primary",
        "mediaType": "photo-record",
        "url": "https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/photo/compilation/T0458778EN/bmw-group-advances-the-use-of-physical-ai-in-production-with-figure-03-project-in-spartanburg",
        "title": "BMW Group advances the use of Physical AI in production with Figure 03 project in Spartanburg",
        "publicationDate": "2026-06-25",
        "reviewedDate": "2026-09-27",
        "reviewStatus": "supported",
        "excerpt": "Humanoid robot Figure 03 at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg."
      }
    }
  ]
}