Hexagon ranks 16 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 81; Rainbow Robotics ranks 18 with 79. Hexagon is ahead on commercials. Level on deployment, production, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Hexagon is based in Stockholm, Sweden, Rainbow Robotics in Daejeon, South Korea. Hexagon: Established. Rainbow Robotics: Established. Hexagon is named in 67 signals and Rainbow Robotics in 26.
Hexagon Robotics builds AEON, a wheeled humanoid robot for industrial production, piloted with BMW, Schaeffler and Pilatus.
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Hexagon AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B; Stockholm HQ, Robotics division Zurich-based) is a precision-measurement and sensor group that formed a dedicated Robotics division on Mar-31-25 and launched its first humanoid, AEON, on Jun-17-25 at Hexagon LIVE. AEON is an industrial humanoid combining Hexagon's sensor suite with NVIDIA compute (Jetson/Omniverse), Microsoft Azure and maxon actuators, with Schaeffler and Pilatus signed as pilot customers; broader unit release is targeted early 2026. Open question: the Robotics division is explicitly in an investment phase with no disclosed robotics revenue, and pilots—not fleet deployments—are the current state.
67 signals name Hexagon.
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Rainbow Robotics markets mobile humanoid robots as part of its lineup, supported by modular hardware, in-house components and software for robotics customers.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Rainbow Robotics is a South Korean maker (KAIST HUBO lineage) of RB cobots, AMRs, the RB-Y1 wheeled dual-arm mobile manipulator, and humanoids, now consolidated by Samsung after it raised its stake to 35% (~$181.6M, December 2024) to become the largest shareholder. H1-26 revenue was ~KRW 21.3B (~$15M, +105% YoY), with mobile-humanoid products becoming the biggest revenue source (40.5% of sales) and a Coupang warehouse robot pilot underway, though it remains loss-making (a KRW 2.03B Q2 operating loss). Samsung's Future Robotics Office advises alongside co-founder Jun-Ho Oh.
26 signals name Rainbow Robotics.
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Hexagon ranks 16 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 81; Rainbow Robotics ranks 18 with 79. Hexagon is ahead on commercials. Level on deployment, production, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Hexagon is based in Stockholm, Sweden, Rainbow Robotics in Daejeon, South Korea. Hexagon: Established. Rainbow Robotics: Established. Hexagon is named in 67 signals and Rainbow Robotics in 26.
Hexagon ranks 16 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 81; Rainbow Robotics ranks 18 with 79. Hexagon is ahead on commercials. Level on deployment, production, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Hexagon is based in Stockholm, Sweden, Rainbow Robotics in Daejeon, South Korea. Hexagon: Established. Rainbow Robotics: Established. Hexagon is named in 67 signals and Rainbow Robotics in 26. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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