Company
Schaeffler Group
Schaeffler Group is a German motion-technology company and one of the named commercial operators in Agility Robotics' deployment portfolio for the Digit…
- Founded
- 1946
- HQ
- Herzogenaurach, Germany
- Status
- ETR: SHA (Frankfurt Stock Exchange)
Deployments
3
Overview
Schaeffler Group is a German motion-technology company and one of the named commercial operators in Agility Robotics' deployment portfolio for the Digit humanoid robot. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Schaeffler manufactures bearings, linear motion components, electric drives, and industrial automation systems, with significant exposure to automotive supply chains. The company has been publicly named alongside GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and Amazon as a Fortune 500 deploying customer for Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid. Schaeffler's deployment scope is less publicly detailed than the GXO or TMMC operations, but its inclusion in Agility Robotics' enterprise customer roster places Schaeffler among the small set of European industrial operators that have moved from humanoid-pilot to commercial deployment. Schaeffler's significance is as a European industrial-supply-chain operator validating humanoid deployment outside the automotive-OEM lens. While BMW, Toyota, and Hyundai are end-product automotive manufacturers, Schaeffler operates further up the supply chain in motion-technology components. The fact that an industrial-components manufacturer rather than a finished-vehicle assembler is among the named Agility commercial deployers signals that humanoid value is being recognized across the automotive supply chain, not just at the OEM assembly tier. Entity depth note: this is an initial entity build with relatively thin public disclosure compared to GXO, BMW, Amazon, Toyota, and Hyundai. As Schaeffler's humanoid deployment scope becomes more publicly detailed in 2026-2027, the entity should be deepened. Currently the entity earns its place primarily through the named-customer disclosure rather than through documented site-specific operational data.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Scale
Global motion-technology company; ~84,000 employees; operations in 50+ countries
2024 revenue
approximately €15-16 billion (full-year disclosed via annual reports)
Industry
Bearings, linear motion, electric drives, automation systems
Named Agility Robotics customer
Listed alongside GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Amazon in Agility's enterprise customer roster (announced in TMMC commercial agreement coverage, February 2026)
Deployment scope
Less publicly detailed than GXO/TMMC; specific facility, scale, and operational data not as comprehensively disclosed
European industrial operator significance
Validates humanoid deployment in industrial-components segment beyond automotive-OEM tier
Data & sources
Press releases
5
News coverage
3
Web sources
2
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Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Schaeffler Group, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
- What is Agility Robotics and the Digit humanoid robot?
Agility Robotics is a US humanoid robotics company headquartered in Albany, Oregon, with humanoid R&D heritage tracing through the Cassie research platform that preceded Digit. The Digit humanoid is the company's commercial warehouse and logistics platform, deployed in pilots at GXO Logistics (the 100,000-tote scaled-throughput anchor), Amazon Spanx Tennessee, Schaeffler, and other industrial customers. Agility is privately held, with Amazon as a strategic investor and a manufacturing facility (RoboFab) in Salem, Oregon.
Current leadership (1)
- Klaus Rosenfeld Chief Executive OfficerIR-verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Schaeffler Group's overview of its motion-technology portfolio (bearings and linear and rotary motion and drive components). A corporate portfolio video, not a single-product demonstration.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Schaeffler Group.
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 →
Operated deployments (3)
- HMND 01 AlphaSchweinfurt
- HMND 01 AlphaHerzogenaurach
- DigitSchaeffler Manufacturing Facility
Supplies to (1)
Actuators & motors
- AEONby HexagonHigh-precision rotary joint actuators (strain-wave + planetary-gear, integrated motors/encoders)suppliesannounced
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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 (3)
- Schaeffler x Hexagon Robotics with Hexagondevelopment
- Schaeffler x Agility Robotics with Agility Roboticsdeployment
- Humanoid x Schaeffler with Humanoiddeploymentannouncedreported, not operationally verified
Sources (10)
- Schaeffler Group annual reports (Frankfurt Stock Exchange) · https://www.schaeffler.com/en/investor-relations/
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241113295142/en/Agility-Robotics-Announces-Strategic-Investment-and-Agreement-with-Motion-Technology-Company-Schaeffler-Group
- https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-announces-strategic-investment-and-agreement-with-motion-technology-company-schaeffler-group
- https://www.therobotreport.com/schaeffler-plans-global-use-agility-robotics-digit-humanoid/
- https://www.automationworld.com/factory/robotics/news/55251926/schaeffler-group-invests-and-agrees-to-purchase-agility-robotics-humanoids
- https://www.robotics247.com/article/agility_robotics_to_deploy_humanoids_with_schaeffler_group/Collaborative_Robots
- https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2025/accenture-and-schaeffler-pave-the-way-for-industrial-humanoid-robots-with-nvidia-and-microsoft-technologies
- https://schaeffler-tomorrow.com/en/article/welcome-aboard-robo
- https://www.therobotreport.com/schaeffler-plans-to-deploy-1000-hexagon-humanoids-2032/
- https://hexagon.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/2026/hexagon-schaeffler-deploy-aeon-humanoids-across-global-factory-network
Common questions
- What is Schaeffler Group?
- Schaeffler Group is a German motion-technology company and one of the named commercial operators in Agility Robotics' deployment portfolio for the Digit humanoid robot. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Schaeffler manufactures bearings, linear motion components, electric drives, and industrial automation systems, with significant exposure to automotive supply chains. The company has been publicly named alongside GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and Amazon as a Fortune 500 deploying customer for Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid. Schaeffler's deployment scope is less publicly detailed than the GXO or TMMC operations, but its inclusion in Agility Robotics' enterprise customer roster places Schaeffler among the small set of European industrial operators that have moved from humanoid-pilot to commercial deployment.
- What does Schaeffler Group make?
- Schaeffler Group has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Schaeffler Group builds physical robots.
- Where does Schaeffler Group operate robots?
- Schaeffler Group operates 3 verified deployments, including at Schweinfurt, Herzogenaurach, Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility.
- Is Schaeffler Group a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Schaeffler Group ranks in roughly the top 7% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Schaeffler Group founded?
- Schaeffler Group was founded in 1946.
- Is Schaeffler Group safe?
- Schaeffler Group has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 10 sources (5 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-29
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-29
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 3
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Schaeffler Group.Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/schaeffler.md
- RSS feed: /companies/schaeffler/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e6a01d9f-0abd-4222-92de-bae67576e4f6
- Revision history: /companies/schaeffler/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
32.7/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
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: Jul 12, 2026
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