{"title":"AGILE Robots vs Kepler Robotics: Industrial & logistics compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/agile-robots-vs-kepler-robotics","comparison":"AGILE Robots ranks 28 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 74; Kepler Robotics ranks 83 with 54. AGILE Robots is ahead on production, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Kepler Robotics is ahead on deployment. Level on commercials. AGILE Robots is based in Munich, Germany, Kepler Robotics in Shanghai, China. AGILE Robots: Established. Kepler Robotics: private. AGILE Robots is named in 70 signals and Kepler Robotics in 4.","companies":[{"name":"AGILE Robots","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/agile-robots","city":"Munich","country":"Germany","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"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.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":28,"score":74,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":4,"deployment":4,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"The company develops Agile ONE, an industrial humanoid robot designed for industrial settings and planned for production in Bavaria.","segment":"Industrial & logistics","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":70,"facts_total":52},{"name":"Kepler Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/kepler-robotics","city":"Shanghai","country":"China","stage":"private","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Kepler Robotics (Shanghai, founded 2023) makes the K2 \"Bumblebee\" general-purpose humanoid, which it claims is the world's first commercially available hybrid-architecture humanoid, with mass production and shipments begun in September 2025. It raised a Pre-A in April 2025 (Veichi, Keli Sensing as strategic investors) and a Series A in April 2026, positioned on low-cost manufacturing humanoids. Funding totals are unreliable (tracker conflict), and shipped volumes and customer names are undisclosed.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Humanoids","list":"Humanoids 100","rank":83,"score":54,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":4,"position":6,"progress":7,"firepower":4,"commercial":4,"deployment":5,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"Kepler Robotics develops and mass-produces the K2 “Bumblebee” humanoid robot for logistics tasks, with thousands of units entering delivery.","segment":"Industrial & logistics","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":4,"facts_total":19}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}