What Agile Robots AG does

Agile Robots SE is a Munich-based, privately held deep-tech company that develops and sells intelligent robotics systems and AI software for industrial automation, serving demanding OEM customers across automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare and logistics. Founded in 2018 by Dr. Zhaopeng Chen and Peter Meusel together with eight other researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the company has scaled to 2,300–2,500+ employees globally (with ~650 more added via the April 2026 Krause Automation acquisition) and 1,500+ R&D specialists, supported by over €80 million of annual R&D spend in Germany and 179+ patents. Its core product is a 'Physical AI' platform that combines AI-driven hardware — the Agile ONE industrial humanoid, the Thor series and Diana 7 robotic arms, the Yu 5 Industrial cobot, the Agile Hand, and mobile robotics from its idealworks and BÄR Automation subsidiaries — with the AgileCore software platform and AgileAI assistant that orchestrates robots, cameras, grippers, AMRs and PLCs from multiple vendors via LLMs, VLMs, Retrieval Augmented Generation and continuous machine-learning optimization.

The company's technology stack is anchored in proprietary Robot Foundation Models trained on real industrial data from over 20,000 deployed robotic solutions, with simulation and validation performed on NVIDIA Cosmos 3 and inference via NVIDIA Jetson; the platform also integrates Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics foundation models and the audEERING empathic voice AI. Agile Robots is the symbolic anchor customer of Europe's first Industrial AI Cloud in Munich, a €1 billion Deutsche Telekom/NVIDIA facility delivering up to 0.5 ExaFLOPS on nearly 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. Revenue is generated primarily through quote-based hardware sales of robotic arms, hands, mobile platforms and humanoids — including the Krause Automation plant-integration business — supplemented by AgileCore software licensing, professional services and emerging AI/cloud data services. Reported FY2024 revenue was approximately €200 million, with the company stating it has doubled revenue year-on-year for four consecutive years; Foxconn is the only publicly named end customer (smartphone manufacturing deployment), with broader enterprise exposure spanning automotive, 3C electronics, healthcare and logistics OEMs.

The group structure includes wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries idealworks (BMW Group intralogistics spin-off), BÄR Automation (driverless transport systems), Franka Robotics (reference/research robotics), audEERING (voice AI) and Krause Automation (former thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering). Strategic financial backing comes from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (anchor investor since the US$220 million Series C in September 2021 that valued the company at approximately US$1 billion), with Xiaomi and Foxconn among co-investors; a new approximately US$800 million funding round is reportedly in advanced discussion in 2026 with SoftBank Group considering contributing more than US$300 million. Geographic footprint covers Germany (HQ and production), China (regional HQ, R&D and six production/office sites), India (regional HQ and Chennai production site), and the United States (Palo Alto regional HQ), augmented by the 10 new European and North American Krause Automation sites.

Name

Agile Robots AG

Legal name

Agile Robots SE

Website

https://agile-robots.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Agile Robots SE is a Munich-based deep-tech company developing AI-driven robotic arms, dexterous hands, mobile platforms and the Agile ONE humanoid, unified by the AgileCore software platform and Robot Foundation Models, serving industrial OEMs across automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare and logistics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Robotics

NAICS

Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial & Warehouse Robotics (HDAAAIAA), Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors) (HDAAAIAL), Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK)

Keywords

• Industrial robotics systems
• AI-driven automation
• Collaborative robots
• Humanoid industrial robots
• Robotic software platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Gilching

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware sales of industrial robots and humanoids: Sale of proprietary robotic arms (Diana 7, Yu 5 Industrial, Thor 3/7/7 Pro/12/20), the Agile Hand, mobile robotics platforms, and the Agile ONE humanoid robot, including the Krause Automation (thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering) plant-integration business; primary revenue driver that doubled year-on-year to ~€200 million in 2024.
2. AgileCore software platform licensing: License/support of the AgileCore software platform and AgileAI assistant to system integrators and operators; supports multi-vendor hardware, SDK for custom skills, process monitoring dashboards and AI-driven self-optimization.
3. Industrial plant integration and engineering services (Krause Automation): End-to-end plant engineering services inherited from thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering (now Krause Automation), combining AI-driven robotics with 75+ years of automotive and industrial plant engineering; supports full service from early planning through successful project implementation in automotive, consumer electronics, medical technology, and logistics.
4. AI cloud and data services via Industrial AI Cloud: Anchor-customer usage of Deutsche Telekom's/NVIDIA's Industrial AI Cloud in Munich to train Robot Foundation Models on real industrial data, creating AI/data-as-a-service revenue dynamics tied to Telekom GPU capacity (10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, 0.5 ExaFLOPS).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Core offering

Agile Robots AG develops, manufactures and sells AI-driven industrial robotic systems, including seven-axis and six-axis robotic arms (Diana 7, Thor series), the Yu 5 Industrial collaborative robot with integrated vision, the Agile Hand dexterous five-finger hand, mobile robotics platforms (AMRs/AGVs) and the Agile ONE industrial humanoid robot. All hardware is unified by the AgileCore AI software platform with the AgileAI assistant, which provides natural-language programming, multi-vendor hardware control and Robot Foundation Models trained on real industrial data, sold primarily to enterprise OEMs in automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare and logistics.

Product overview

Agile Robots AG offers a unified "Physical AI" automation platform-plus-modules architecture rather than a single product, combining high-performance robotic hardware, an AI-powered software platform, and an expanding ecosystem of humanoids, robotic arms, hands, and mobile systems. The product portfolio is anchored by AgileCore, the AI-powered software platform featuring the AgileAI conversational assistant (LLM/VLM-driven natural-language programming and RAG-based knowledge retrieval), which serves as the integration layer that controls and programs robots, cameras, grippers, AMRs, and PLCs from multiple vendors. On the hardware side, Agile ONE is the industrial humanoid robot embodying Physical AI; the Thor series (Thor 3, Thor 7, Thor 7 Pro, Thor 12, Thor 20) and the Diana 7 seven-axis arm provide versatile industrial precision; Yu 5 Industrial is the cobot with integrated AI vision; and the Agile Hand is an anthropomorphic dexterous hand with a C++/Python/ROS API. Mobile robotics is delivered in partnership with the acquired subsidiaries idealworks (iw.hub AMR, iw.sim, iw.os, Idealworks OS) and BÄR Automation (driverless transport systems), including the ConTrax Module One mobile manipulator combining BÄR Automation platforms with the Yu 5 Industrial. Acquired brands extend the offering: Franka Robotics (FR3 with Franka Control Interface / FCI integration) for research and academia, audEERING for empathic voice AI, and the newly integrated Krause Automation (former thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering) for full plant-integration expertise. Together these products form an intelligent, interlinked, continuously learning production ecosystem deployed across automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare, and logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Agile ONE: Humanoid industrial robot designed for the factory floor; brings Physical AI to industry.
• Yu 5 Industrial
• Diana 7
• Thor series
• Agile Hand
• AgileCore
• audEERING
• idealworks
• BÄR Automation
• Franka Robotics
• Krause Automation

Products and services

• Agile ONE industrial humanoid robot Industrial humanoid robot bringing Physical AI to the factory floor for manufacturing, logistics and beyond; features dexterous modular hands (21 joints, integrated force/tactile sensors), intelligent cameras, LiDARs, advanced speech recognition, chest information display, expressive eyes, proximity sensor, 2 m/s walking speed, and autonomous decision-making powered by Robot Foundation Models trained on real industrial data via the Telekom-NVIDIA Industrial AI Cloud.
• Yu 5 Industrial collaborative robot (cobot) Six-axis collaborative robot with integrated camera and neural processing unit (NPU), 5 kg payload (7 kg at 850 mm reach), reach up to 1000 mm, ±0.05 mm repeatability, 0.5 N force control accuracy and plug-and-play peripheral connectivity; enables AI-based object recognition, quality inspection and robust manipulation for automotive, 3C manufacturing and small-batch industrial applications.
• Diana 7 seven-axis robotic arm Seven-axis, force-controlled, lightweight industrial robot arm with torque sensors in all axes, 7 kg payload, 923 mm reach, ±0.05 mm repeatability and 0.5 N force control accuracy; anthropomorphic kinematics and AI-driven software support complex, highly sensitive tasks in automotive and consumer electronics, and the arm is integrated into the Franka Robotics ecosystem via the Franka Control Interface (FCI).
• Thor series industrial robotic arms (Thor 3 / Thor 7 / Thor 7 Pro / Thor 12 / Thor 20) Scalable six-axis industrial robotic arm family with payload options of 3, 7, 12 and 20 kg and reaches from 600 mm to 1,700 mm; linear speeds 1.8-3 m/s, repeatability up to ±0.03 mm, IP54-rated wrist on Thor 20, and joint torque sensors with 0.5 N relative accuracy on Thor 7 Pro; designed for safe human-robot collaboration in assembly, machine tending, material handling and heavy-duty industrial tasks.
• Agile Hand anthropomorphic robotic hand Anthropomorphic five-finger robotic hand with 21 joints, 15-16 degrees of freedom, 1.5 kg weight, 10 N active fingertip force and 360°/s joint velocity; each finger integrates actuators, electronics, multisensory joint torque/position sensing and mechanical transmission, with a developer-facing API for C++ and Python compatible with ROS and a proprietary 1 kHz communication protocol for real-time control of the hand.
• AgileCore AI software platform with AgileAI assistant AI-powered software platform that enables system integrators and operators to develop and deploy next-generation automation solutions by controlling and programming robots, cameras, grippers, AMRs and PLCs from multiple vendors through a single interface; includes process-monitoring dashboards, an SDK for custom skills and the AgileAI conversational assistant powered by LLMs/VLMs with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for natural-language programming and step-by-step guidance.
• Mobile robotics platform (AMR / AGV / mobile manipulators) Holistic mobile robotics offering combining AGV/AMR hardware, simulation and software - including the CE-certified iw.hub AMR, iw.sim simulation, iw.os operating system and Idealworks OS automation platform from idealworks (BMW Group spin-off), plus 50+ years of driverless transport systems expertise from BÄR Automation - integrated with Agile Robots' robotic arms into custom mobile manipulators such as the ConTrax Module One for manufacturing and intralogistics.
• idealworks intralogistics robotics ecosystem Flexible, scalable intralogistics robotics ecosystem for the automotive industry and beyond; provides the CE-certified iw.hub AMR, iw.sim simulation, iw.os operating system and Idealworks OS automation platform for seamless mobile robot integration into production and logistics environments.
• BÄR Automation special-purpose AGV/automation systems German special-purpose mechanical engineering specialist with 50+ years of expertise in tailor-made automation solutions and driverless transport systems for production and logistics; supplies easily expandable systems that integrate into existing and dynamic production structures and provides the mobile platform for the ConTrax Module One.
• Franka Robotics research/reference robotics platform (FR3 / Franka Control Interface) Research and reference robotics platform acquired in 2023, developing robots with human-like tactile sensing (e.g., Franka Research 3 / FR3) for industries including agriculture, healthcare, hospitality and retail; the Franka Control Interface (FCI) enables real-time 1 kHz control and ROS/MATLAB compatibility, with Agile Robots' Diana 7 now integrated into the same ecosystem.
• audEERING voice AI / empathic conversational AI AI-based audio and speech analysis technology analyzing up to 7,000 acoustic features, vocal biomarkers and emotional expression; integrated into Agile Robots' next-generation robotic solutions to enable empathic conversational AI and intuitive human-robot interaction in automotive, electronics, healthcare and service industries.
• Krause Automation industrial plant-engineering and integration services (ex-thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering) End-to-end industrial plant-engineering and integration services combining 75+ years of automotive and industrial plant-engineering heritage with Agile Robots' AI-driven robotics under its Physical AI strategy; supports full project delivery from early planning through successful implementation in automotive, consumer electronics, medical technology and logistics, with approximately 650 employees across 10 new European and North American locations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Doubled revenue year-on-year, reaching ~€200 million in 2024
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability15 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered adjacent ecosystem partner, flagship technology partner, flagship acquisition / strategic combination, flagship strategic partnership, core strategic partner for india/sea expansion, flagship infrastructure and ecosystem partner, core acquisition / technology combination, core technology integration, core subsidiary / technology platform, core subsidiary / channel partner and key oem / customer partner.

• SupplyOn / T-Systems Industrial AI Cloud consortiumadjacent ecosystem partnerTechnology or Integration · 19 June 2026Agile Robots is referenced among partners of the T-Systems Industrial AI Cloud ecosystem (alongside EDAG, Wandelbots, PhysicsX, Noxtua, SOOFI, Quantum Systems, SAP, Siemens, ServiceNow) developing various industrial AI solutions, including supply chain applications enabled via the SupplyOn-T-Systems partnership.
• NVIDIAflagship technology partnerTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2026Multi-year technology partnership: Agile Robots is a founding member of the NVIDIA Cosmos Coalition and an early-access partner for NVIDIA Cosmos 3, using it as a neural world simulator to train Robot Foundation Models across Thor and Franka FR3 robots; also uses NVIDIA Isaac Lab and NVIDIA Jetson for inference, and is anchor customer of the Deutsche Telekom/NVIDIA Industrial AI Cloud in Munich.
• thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering (now Krause Automation)flagship acquisition / strategic combinationStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Completed acquisition of assets of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering in Europe and North America (deal first announced November 2025); the unit is rebranded as Krause Automation and combines 75+ years of plant engineering expertise with Agile Robots' AI-driven robotics under its Physical AI strategy, expanding into consumer electronics, medical technology and logistics with ~650 new experts and 10 new locations.
• Google DeepMindflagship strategic partnershipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Strategic research partnership integrating Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics foundation models with Agile Robots' industrial robotics platform (>20,000 installed systems). The collaboration creates an AI flywheel where real operational data from deployed robots improves the models and expanded capabilities drive broader deployment across electronics manufacturing, automotive, data centers, and logistics.
• Bharat Forge Limitedcore strategic partner for india/sea expansionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 January 2026Memorandum of Understanding to explore a strategic Indo-German collaboration in AI-driven robotics and intelligent industrial automation, targeting automotive, healthcare and consumer electronics and developing bespoke solutions for manufacturing, industrial CPG and logistics in India and Southeast Asia, including vision- and AI-based robotic systems for fully autonomous 'dark' factories.
• Deutsche Telekom (T-Systems / Industrial AI Cloud)flagship infrastructure and ecosystem partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 November 2025Long-term partnership positioning Agile Robots as anchor customer of Europe's first Industrial AI Cloud in Munich (€1B project, 10,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, 0.5 ExaFLOPS). Agile Robots uses the cloud to train Robot Foundation Models on real industrial data, and the cloud positions Agile Robots within an ecosystem alongside SAP, Siemens, ServiceNow, EDAG, Wandelbots, Quantum Systems, PhysicsX and Perplexity.
• audEERING GmbHcore acquisition / technology combinationStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 March 2025Agile Robots acquired a majority stake in audEERING (TUM spin-off) to integrate AI-based audio and speech analysis (up to 7,000 acoustic features, vocal biomarkers, emotional expression, empathic conversational AI) into its next-generation robotic solutions for automotive, electronics, healthcare and service industries.
• Franka Robotics (FCI ecosystem)core technology integrationTechnology or Integration · 27 February 2025Integration of Agile Robots' Diana 7 with Franka Robotics' Franka Control Interface (FCI) enabling real-time control at 1 kHz, compatibility with ROS and MATLAB, and broadening the robot's research and academic applications.
• Franka Roboticscore subsidiary / technology platformStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Franka Robotics (reference robotics platform with human-like tactile sensing for agriculture, healthcare, hospitality and retail) became part of Agile Robots in 2023; its Franka Research 3 robot and Diana 7 integration with the Franka Control Interface (FCI) enable research, academic and industrial deployments.
• Idealworkscore subsidiary / channel partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023BMW Group spin-off acquired in 2023; provides Idealworks OS, iw.hub AMR, iw.sim and iw.os to enable intralogistics robotics for the automotive industry and other customers; key building block of Agile Robots' mobile robotics portfolio and the ConTrax Module One mobile manipulator.
• BÄR Automationcore subsidiary / channel partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023German special-purpose mechanical engineering specialist (Gemmingen) acquired as majority-owned subsidiary in 2023; provides 50+ years of expertise in tailor-made automation solutions, particularly driverless transport systems for production and logistics, integrated with Agile Robots arms on platforms like the ConTrax Robotic System.
• Foxconnkey oem / customer partnerOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 9 September 2021Agile Robots' systems are planned to be deployed at Foxconn to aid smartphone manufacturing, integrating the company's robotic arms and AI capabilities into Foxconn's production lines.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• KUKA AG: German-headquartered industrial robotics and automation specialist serving automotive, electronics and logistics OEMs with robotic arms, controllers and integrated production cells. Closely comparable to Agile Robots on product category, customer base and DACH-region industrial automation heritage.
• Universal Robots: Denmark-based cobot market leader offering six-axis collaborative robot arms (3–30 kg payloads) deployed in industrial automation. Direct competitor to Agile Robots' Yu 5 Industrial cobot and broader cobot portfolio in automotive, electronics and SME manufacturing.

Broad incumbents

• ABB Robotics: Division of ABB offering industrial robotic arms, autonomous mobile robots and software for automotive, electronics, logistics and healthcare. Broad incumbent in the same product categories as Agile Robots with overlapping end customers and far greater installed base.
• FANUC Corporation: Japanese industrial robot manufacturer with one of the world's largest installed bases of articulated arms and cobots across automotive, electronics and metalworking. Established incumbent competing with Agile Robots' Thor and Diana lines in high-volume industrial deployments.
• Yaskawa Electric (Motoman): Japanese industrial robot manufacturer with a broad portfolio of articulated arms, cobots and motion-control products serving automotive, semiconductor and logistics customers. Comparable to Agile Robots as a horizontal industrial robot vendor with significant scale.

Emerging players

• Figure AI: US-based humanoid robotics developer (Figure 01/02) focused on general-purpose humanoids for industrial and commercial work, backed by Microsoft, OpenAI and NVIDIA. Direct competitor in the emerging industrial humanoid category where Agile ONE is positioned.
• Apptronik: US-based humanoid robotics company (Apollo humanoid) with partnerships including Google DeepMind and Mercedes-Benz for industrial deployments. Closely comparable to Agile Robots in targeting factory-floor humanoid pilots and partnering with foundation-model providers.
• 1X Technologies: Norwegian/US humanoid robotics company (Neo) backed by OpenAI and Samsung, developing humanoids for industrial and domestic use. Emerging humanoid competitor overlapping with Agile Robots' Agile ONE target market in industrial automation.
• NEURA Robotics: German humanoid and cognitive robotics company developing the 4NE-1 humanoid and a broader platform for industrial and service automation. Direct German-headquartered humanoid peer with overlapping automotive and electronics customer focus.
• Boston Dynamics: US-based (Hyundai-owned) advanced robotics developer of humanoid (Atlas) and quadruped (Spot) robots, increasingly targeting industrial logistics and manufacturing use cases. Comparable to Agile Robots in pursuing dexterous, AI-enabled mobile manipulation for industrial environments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RobotsAg

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors15 records

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M&A3 records

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