Hexagon Robotics and Schaeffler, a movement expertise firm, has introduced the subsequent milestone of their strategic collaboration as AEON enters Schaeffler’s Humanoid Health club in Germany, marking the subsequent step in the direction of the deliberate deployment of not less than 1,000 AEON humanoids within the coming years.
The Humanoid Health club offers a Prepare-Validate-Deploy mannequin in a devoted industrial surroundings. Schaeffler and Hexagon Robotics can train AEON new industrial capabilities whereas constructing the experience inside Schaeffler required to function, practice, and combine humanoids into manufacturing.
This prepares each the robots and the manufacturing ecosystem for deployment whereas increasing the breadth of use circumstances on the manufacturing facility flooring.
AEON will be taught new industrial duties by way of imitation studying and repeated execution, refining and validating robotic insurance policies utilizing consultant manufacturing functions from Schaeffler’s factories. This minimises operational disruption whereas guaranteeing new capabilities will carry out reliably as soon as deployed in manufacturing.
This initiative builds on the strategic partnership introduced by Schaeffler and Hexagon Robotics in April 2026 to speed up the adoption of commercial humanoid robots.
Along with supporting the commercial deployment of AEON throughout Schaeffler’s manufacturing operations, Schaeffler will provide superior actuator expertise to AEON.
Arnaud Robert, president of Hexagon Robotics, says: “The true worth creation comes when humanoids carry out a number of duties reliably and at a high-performance normal in manufacturing.
“Schaeffler’s Humanoid Health club provides us an surroundings the place AEON can meet the efficiency and reliability requirements throughout actual use circumstances and subsequently permit us to scale our manufacturing deployments.”
Dr Jochen Schröder, CEO at Schaeffler, says: “With AEON being educated in our Humanoid Health club, we’re taking the subsequent step in turning humanoid robotics into an industrial actuality. Schaeffler’s distinctive function as each a consumer of humanoids and a key element provider permits us to assist form the efficiency of humanoid robots by way of our superior movement applied sciences.
“By means of our collaboration with Hexagon Robotics, we are able to check and refine these programs underneath real-world situations, supporting our broader ambition to strengthen manufacturing efficiency and allow scalable automation.”
Coaching on the Humanoid Health club will speed up AEON deployment throughout a number of use circumstances in manufacturing workflows inside Schaeffler over the subsequent six months, supporting humanoid deployment throughout Schaeffler’s world operations.
