HumanoidsWheeled factory humanoid
AEON
by Hexagon Robotics (Hexagon AB)
AEON is a humanoid robot for factory work made by Hexagon. It can swap its own battery, so it does not have to stop to recharge. The Robot Report, 23 June 2025
- Evidence
- Company-reported only
- Human help
- Not disclosed
- Last milestone
- 12 June 2026
01Can I get it?
Only through a trial
- Where it works today
- In trials at BMW's car plant in Leipzig, Germany, and at parts maker Schaeffler. Neither has said how many robots are in use. Hexagon Robotics, 12 June 2026
- Published price
- No published price in our sources.
- Human help
- The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
Pilot · sets the stage
Hexagon Robotics, 12 June 2026Company-reported
Pilot · sets the stage
Hexagon Robotics, 22 Apr 2026Company-reported
03Promised vs delivered
What the maker said, and when
Dated targets the maker set in public, against what has happened since.
- Said12 June 2026
AEON in production at BMW Leipzig by end of 2026
Hexagon said AEON would be working in production at BMW Leipzig by the end of 2026. Hexagon Robotics, 12 June 2026
Still pending - Said22 April 2026
At least 1,000 AEONs at Schaeffler by 2032
Schaeffler said it would deploy at least 1,000 AEON robots across its factories by 2032, with automated part checking starting from the end of 2026. The Robot Report, 29 Apr 2026
Still pending
04Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.
On video
What it looks like, at stage 3
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
Schaeffler: Building the capabilities to deploy humanoid robotics at scale
Bringing humanoids to productionHow we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
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Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
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Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
- 3
PilotThis robot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
Placed by: Hexagon and BMW said AEON had started doing production tasks inside the Leipzig plant, as the next step of the trial (12 June 2026); BMW began a first test of AEON at its Leipzig plant in Germany. BMW plans to use it in building high-voltage car batteries and making parts (Dec 2025).
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
What we couldn't confirm. All deployment news comes from Hexagon, BMW or Schaeffler; we found no independent report on how well AEON works or how many units exist. No price found.
Sources
- 01The Robot Report, 23 June 2025
- 02Hexagon Robotics, 12 June 2026
- 03The Robot Report, 29 Apr 2026
- 04The Robot Report, 2 Mar 2026
- 05Hexagon Robotics, 22 Apr 2026
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “AEON (Hexagon Robotics (Hexagon AB)): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/hexagon-aeon. Checked 19 October 2026.