The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Agile Robots: 1 model, $220.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
Agile Robots is a Chinese-German robotics company founded in 2018, headquartered in Munich, developing force-controlled intelligent robots including the Diana 7, a 7-axis robotic arm with torque sensors in all axes. Led by CEO Zhaopeng Chen, the company has raised ~USD 1.5B from SoftBank and others.
Revenue was EUR 300M in 2025, set to double in 2026. Agile has acquired 12+ companies including idealworks and thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering, and partnered with Google DeepMind to integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models into its hardware.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Focus
Origin
Acquisitions
Location
Product
Fundingsee investors →
Status
HQ
Employees
Products
Partners
Financial stage
Revenue 2025
Profitability
Google DeepMind partnership
Humanoid deployment
Industrial robot portfolio
AgileCore software
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Agile Robots has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Franka Robotics1× joint1 total
- 2Google DeepMind1× joint
- 3Google DeepMind1× joint3 total
- 4Thyssenkrupp Steel1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Agile Robots x Google DeepMind2026-03-24with Google DeepMindjust announced
- with Google DeepMindoperating
- Agile Robots acquires Franka Emika2023-11-02with Franka Roboticsoperating
Agile Robots on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Zhaopeng Chen CEO & Co-founderreported, not verified
- Peter Meusel CTOreported, not verified
Founders (2)
- Zhaopeng Chencofounder
- Peter Meuselcofounder
Former / Previously (1)
- Melvin Schwarz Robotics Engineersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Agile Robots.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Agile Robots in third-party press
Peers
21 peers across 1 segment. Every Agile Robots competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
cobot(21)
19 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2089.586283779087) · leader Doosan Robotics at 2849%
- AUBO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- DENSO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Dobotdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Doosan Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ELITE Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Formicdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $220.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
4 total · 2 operating · 2 just announced · 1 ended
Every company Agile Robots has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Agile Robots x Google DeepMind2026-03-24with Google DeepMindjust announced
- with Google DeepMindoperating
- Agile Robots acquires Franka Emika2023-11-02with Franka Roboticsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Franka Robotics1× joint1 total
- 2Google DeepMind1× joint
- 3Google DeepMind1× joint3 total
- 4Thyssenkrupp Steel1× joint1 total
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- Agile Robots x Google DeepMindwithGoogle DeepMindtechnology2026-03-24just announced
- technology2026-01-01operating
- investment2023-11-02concludedoperating
Funding rounds (1)
- Series C2024-01-01
$220M(reported) · $2.2B post
Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (lead)
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired Franka Roboticsfull acquisition2023-11-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in Agile Robots’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipAgile Robots x Google DeepMind
2026-03-24Agile Robots SE partnered with Google DeepMind to integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models into Agile Robots hardware. The Munich-based robotics company will deploy DeepMinds AI models on its robots while collecting data for the AI research lab.
PartnershipAgile Robots x Google DeepMind (Gemini Robotics)
2026-01-01Agile Robots partnered with Google DeepMind to bring Gemini Robotics foundation models to its robots, giving its hardware advanced reasoning and decision-making capabilities while using data from real-world deployments to continuously improve the models.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2024-01-01Series C raising $220000000
PartnershipAgile Robots acquires Franka Emika
2023-11-02Agile Robots AG acquired the business operations of insolvent Franka Emika GmbH, retaining ~100 employees. Franka Emika became a subsidiary of Agile Robots SE, with continued operations and investment in Bavaria.
AcquisitionAcquired Franka Emika (Franka Robotics)
2023-11-01Acquired Franka Emika (Franka Robotics) (full_acquisition)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 26, 2026
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Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Agile Robots.Peer companies
- Dobot6 models
- AUBO Robotics2 models
- DENSO Corporation2 models
- F&P Robotics2 models
- Novarc Technologies2 models
- Omron2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Agile Robots from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
SoftBank-backed Agile Robots expects revenue to double this year
German robotics company Agile Robots expects to double its revenue this year as demand for industrial automation continues to grow, according to an interview with the company’s…
German Robotics Startup Agile Robots Set to Double Revenue This Year
Agile Robots CEO Zhaopeng Chen says revenue was EUR 300M in 2025, set to double to EUR 600M in 2026. Raised ~USD 1.5B from SoftBank-led investors. Partnered with Google DeepMind…
Agile Robots SE grows in India with investment in XNG Automation
Agile Robots, a leading global provider of AI-powered robotics solutions, has taken a majority stake in XNG Automation, a factory and intralogistics automation specialist in…
Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots
Google DeepMind released Gemini Robotics 2, the first model in the family to control full humanoids from feet to fingertips under a single policy, demonstrated on Apptronik Apollo…
Google partners with Agile Robots growing its AI robotics footprint
Google DeepMind partnered with Munich-based Agile Robots SE to integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models into Agile Robots hardware, expanding Googles AI robotics footprint into…
Agile Robots and voraus robotik announce partnership
Agile Robots partnered with voraus robotik. Agile Robots is an international high-tech company based in Munich, Germany, with 600+ employees worldwide.
Agile Robots solves Robotik Challenge 2025 the fastest and wins award for economic efficiency
Agile Robots won the Robotik Challenge 2025 using two high-precision seven-axis Diana 7 robots with 2D camera systems, force-torque sensors, and cable-based setup. Munich-based…
Agile Robots closes 20M Series C funding
Agile Robots completed a 20M Series C financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, claiming to be the first unicorn in the robotics field.
Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/agile-robots/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/503be133-0d50-440f-b8a1-2152fa1e2b48
- Revision history: /companies/agile-robots/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Dobot6 models
- AUBO Robotics2 models
- DENSO Corporation2 models
- F&P Robotics2 models
- Novarc Technologies2 models
- Omron2 models
Video
Have you seen Agile Robots’ latest humanoid robot? 🤖 Hear from Laurenz von Czettritz as he introduces Agile ONE, a coworker on the factory floor, and explains
We are proud to introduce our first humanoid robot! Agile ONE was designed to closely emulate the human body. It features articulated limbs, unpreced
We are proud to introduce our first humanoid robot! Agile ONE was designed to closely emulate the human body. It features articulated limbs, unprecedent
China's humanoid robots just performed the world's first continuous parkour flips, 3-meter aerial flips, and a 7.5-rotation Airflare spin in front of 1 billion
Germany just dropped one of the most advanced humanoid robots we’ve ever seen… and it’s honestly a little too human. Meet Agile ONE, the new industrial humanoid
Agile Robotics claims that its Agile ONE industrial humanoid is the next evolution in physical AI.
„We go one step beyond automation“ That’s how our CEO and founder, Dr. Zhaopeng Chen, describes the vision behind Agile Robots. In this insightful intervi
Agile Robots is a leading provider of next-generation automation solutions. By combining artificial intelligence and robotics, the company makes industries smar
Agile Robots won the “Economic Efficiency” award at the Robotik Challenge 2025, automating partial wiring harness production in just 2:25 minutes - 35 seconds a
Agile ONE is here! Meet Europe’s first advanced industrial humanoid robot, designed by Agile Robots to revolutionize factories with AI-powered automation. In th
Gearbox assembly requires tolerances under 10 micrometers. The perfect task for our robot Diana 7 and AI-driven software platform AgileCore. Their comb
“You need to control that technology stack, to be able to provide the next generation of flexible solutions” That’s how Rory Sexton, Executive Director at Ag
Promotional Video Produced & Directed by www.nssfilms.com. Editor & DoP : Tushar P Maurya , Assistant : Pasupathi Elangovan Agile Robots is a world-class provi
Are humanoids a full-stop solution? At @hannovermesse MESSE, what stood out to me wasn’t just the humanoid itself. It was the strategy behind it. While most p
Heat Index
Category contender83/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Agile Robots draws attention at the 94th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among cobot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 2.7M video views. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 33 months ago.
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Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026