Hexagon
Swedish measurement and industrial technology group that builds the AEON humanoid robot.
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Hexagon develops the AEON humanoid. In April 2026 it said Schaeffler would deploy at least 1,000 AEON robots across its factory network by 2032 and supply its actuators to AEON.
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- AnalysisWho supplies humanoid robot joints? Japan's Harmonic Drive and Nabtesco, China's Leaderdrive and Germany's Schaeffler lead, while Tesla and Figure build their own
- PartnershipBMW brings a humanoid into German car production for the first time, putting Hexagon's AEON on battery work in Leipzig
- PartnershipSchaeffler signs on as both actuator supplier and customer of London's Humanoid, planning several hundred robots in its plants over five years
- ProductNVIDIA brings Blackwell robot brains down to $1,999 with Jetson T4000 and opens GR00T N1.6 and Cosmos Reason 2 at CES
- ProductNVIDIA puts a Blackwell brain inside robots with the $3,499 Jetson Thor as Figure, Agility and Boston Dynamics sign on