FANUC ranks 6 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 94; AGILE Robots ranks 32 with 85. FANUC is ahead on production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on deployment, progress, technology and leverage. AGILE Robots is based in Munich, Germany, FANUC in Oshino, Japan. AGILE Robots: Established. FANUC: Public, founded 1972. AGILE Robots is named in 70 signals and FANUC in 111.
AGILE Robots develops and sells industrial robotic systems, including Franka Robotics systems, the Yu 5 Industrial robot, and Diana 7, with more than 20,000 systems deployed worldwide.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
AGILE Robots is a Germany/China maker of Diana and Thor arms, iw.hub AMRs (850+ at BMW), and the Agile ONE humanoid, with 20,000+ robotic systems installed (doubled in H2-25) and 2025 revenue of ~$339M (Sacra estimate), guiding $690M for 2026 (+104%). It has absorbed Franka Emika, idealworks, and audEERING, and is in discussion for a ~$800M round (SoftBank expected at $300M+), with profitability targeted 2028-29. It combines arms, AMRs, and a humanoid on an acquisition-fueled scale-up.
70 signals name AGILE Robots.
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FANUC builds and supplies industrial robot arms, collaborative robots, welding and painting robots, and integrated robotic automation systems for manufacturing, machining, assembly and material handling.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
FANUC is a Japanese industrial-automation leader ($7.2B group in robotics and CNC) with robot capacity of 11,000/month (actual ~8,000/month) and 750,000 cumulative robots (as of 2021). It is a structurally dominant arm and CNC maker. Current unit output and recent dated events were not captured this pass beyond the IFR capacity data.
111 signals name FANUC.
136 facts on file.
FANUC ranks 6 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 94; AGILE Robots ranks 32 with 85. FANUC is ahead on production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on deployment, progress, technology and leverage. AGILE Robots is based in Munich, Germany, FANUC in Oshino, Japan. AGILE Robots: Established. FANUC: Public, founded 1972. AGILE Robots is named in 70 signals and FANUC in 111.
FANUC ranks 6 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 94; AGILE Robots ranks 32 with 85. FANUC is ahead on production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on deployment, progress, technology and leverage. AGILE Robots is based in Munich, Germany, FANUC in Oshino, Japan. AGILE Robots: Established. FANUC: Public, founded 1972. AGILE Robots is named in 70 signals and FANUC in 111. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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