HumanoidPilot programmeCurrent generation

Hexagon Robotics (Hexagon AB) AEON

Wheeled industrial humanoid from Hexagon’s Robotics division (Zurich), unveiled in June 2025, for manipulation, machine tending, part inspection and 3D reality capture. It swaps its own batteries in 1 minute, according to the manufacturer. In 2026 it is in pilots with BMW (Leipzig) and Schaeffler; Schaeffler plans to deploy at least 1,000 units by 2032, a plan not yet carried out.

Year: 2025
Origin: Switzerland
Autonomy: L2 · Guided autonomy
Dataset review: 2026-11 · Methodology & evidence levels

What it does, and on what evidence

Five mandatory fields on every sheet. A product page proves neither commercial availability nor full autonomy: here we separate what has been documented from what is announced.

1 · Task

Factory tasks: according to Hexagon, manipulation, machine tending, part inspection and reality capture (digital twins). In the documented pilots, loading, unloading and inspecting parts at a multi-machine station (Schaeffler) and high-voltage battery assembly and component manufacturing (BMW Leipzig).

2 · Autonomy by task

Does on its own

According to Hexagon, it works autonomously for up to 5 h per charge and swaps its batteries unaided; it fuses data from cameras, depth sensors and IMUs to localise (SLAM), detect objects and plan the task. No success or intervention rates have been published; in June 2026 Hexagon and BMW named increasing autonomy as a goal of the next phase.

A person steps in

Tasks are taught through imitation learning and repeated execution, and validated in Schaeffler’s “Humanoid Gym” in Germany before going to the factory; Hexagon also lists teleoperation among its uses. At Leipzig, BMW is integrating it step by step into its production system.[Hexagon][Hexagon, 2026][Hexagon, 2026][Hexagon, 2025][Hexagon, 2026][BMW Group, 2026]

3 · Strongest evidence

Pilot2026-06

According to BMW (2026-02-27), after lab tests a first test deployment took place at the Leipzig plant in December 2025, another was planned from April 2026 and the pilot phase from summer 2026. On 2026-06-12 both companies announced that AEON was starting to perform production tasks in Leipzig; production use is planned for the end of 2026. Schaeffler reported a successful pilot in 2025 (loading, unloading and inspecting parts). No productivity figures have been published.[BMW Group, 2026][Hexagon, 2026][Hexagon, 2026]

4 · Access

Pilot programme

No open sale or public price: Hexagon Robotics deploys it with industrial partners. At its launch (June 2025) it announced pilots with Schaeffler and Pilatus; in April 2026 Schaeffler announced it will deploy at least 1,000 AEONs in its factories by 2032, with applications such as automated part inspection from the end of 2026 (a goal).

5 · Lifecycle

Current generation

Hexagon’s first humanoid, unveiled on 2025-06-17 at Hexagon LIVE Global. It is the current version on its website in November 2026.

[Hexagon, 2025][Hexagon, 2026][Hexagon]

Spec sheet

Manufacturer maxima under declared conditions; not simultaneous. The test condition is shown under each value.

Weight: 60 kg
Payload: 15 kg; 15 kg short-term and 8 kg constant carry, per Hexagon Robotics’ spec sheet; no test conditions
Operating time: 5 h; “5 hours of autonomous work on a single charge”, per Hexagon Robotics, no test conditions; it swaps its own batteries in 1 minute
Top speed: 2.4 m/s; top speed per the spec sheet, no conditions; it moves on wheels
Height: 1.65 m
Onboard compute: NVIDIA Jetson Thor

Primary source quality: Manufacturer / operator

Backed by:[Hexagon]

Taxonomy profile

Where the platform sits on the four axes of the reference framework.

Autonomy

Guided autonomy

Autonomous navigation on defined routes with basic obstacle avoidance.

Coordination

Standalone

Standalone
Coordinated
Collaborative swarm

No inter-robot communication; each unit operates in isolation.

Control

primary: Supervised mission

FPV
Teleop
Supervised
BVLOS
RL/VLA

supported: Teleoperation · Supervised mission · Learned policy (RL/VLA)

Perception

2 sensing modalities

RGB-D depth cameras
IMU

Operating environments

Industrial plant

Sectors

Advanced manipulation
Infrastructure inspection

Ideal business case

Machine tending and part inspection in factories (pilots)

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Sources for this sheet

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AEON Multipurpose Industrial Humanoid Robot — Hexagon Robotics
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Spec sheet: top speed 2.4 m/s; 60 kg; 165 cm; 15 kg short-term and 8 kg constant payload; 34 DoF; “5 hours of autonomous work on a single charge”; “1 minute to change its batteries using our unique self-swap mechanism”. No price, IP rating or temperature range.
2.
AEON is making another leap in perception capabilities with NVIDIA Holoscan — Hexagon Robotics, 2026-10-21
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Fusion of cameras, depth (time-of-flight) sensors and IMUs; SLAM algorithms; data sent from the head to an NVIDIA Jetson Thor module over optical fibre. It does not give the number or exact type of cameras.
3.
Towards Factory Deployment: How AEON is trained to perform — Hexagon Robotics, 2026-08-19
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AEON enters Schaeffler’s “Humanoid Gym” (Germany): it learns tasks “through imitation learning and repeated execution” and policies are validated before going into production; deployment across several use cases at Schaeffler over the following six months (forecast).
4.
Hexagon launches AEON, a humanoid built for industry — Hexagon, 2025-06-17
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Unveiled at Hexagon LIVE Global (release datelined Stockholm, 2025-06-17). Uses: manipulation, inspection, reality capture and “teleoperation”; battery swapping. Pilots with Schaeffler and Pilatus in manipulation, machine tending, part inspection and reality capture. Read on Hexagon Robotics’ website; hexagon.com returned an anti-bot challenge (403).
5.
New milestone with BMW Group: industrial humanoid deployment — Hexagon Robotics, 2026-06-15
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2026-06-12: AEON “begins performing production tasks” at the Leipzig plant while being trained on new applications; the next phase will focus on increasing autonomy and robustness; “AEON will be deployed in production by the end of 2026” (forecast).
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BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time — BMW Group, 2026-02-27
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Pilot project at Leipzig with AEON: after theoretical evaluation and lab tests, a first test deployment in December 2025; another planned from April 2026; pilot phase from summer 2026; high-voltage battery assembly and component manufacturing; “dynamic use on wheels”.
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Hexagon Robotics and Schaeffler deploy a fleet of AEON humanoids — Hexagon Robotics, 2026-04-22
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After a “successful” joint pilot in 2025 (loading, unloading and inspecting parts at a multi-machine station, with wheel-based locomotion), Schaeffler plans to deploy at least 1,000 AEONs by 2032; automated part inspection from the end of 2026. These are plans, not completed deployments.