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Schaeffler x Hexagon Robotics
Schaeffler and Hexagon's Robotics division expanded their strategic partnership to scale deployment of Hexagon's AEON humanoid robot across Schaeffler's global factory network (target 1,000+ units by 2032), centered on supply of Schaeffler's strain-wave/planetary actuators for AEON's joints. Expansion announced April 22, 2026 following a 2025 pilot; AEON debuted at Hexagon LIVE on June 17, 2025 with Schaeffler as a pilot partner.
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- Status
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- Announced
- 2026-04-224 months ago
- Active for
- 4 months
Who’s involved
Schaeffler Group is a German motion-technology company and one of the named commercial operators in [Agility robotics](/companies/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.
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Hexagon AB is a Swedish technology company providing sensor, software, and [Autonomous solutions](/companies/autonomous-solutions-inc), developing the AEON humanoid robot platform for industrial inspection and manufacturing applications. (STO: HEXA-B)
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