Facts

• Segment: Humanoid
• Country: Germany
• Founded: 2018
• Website: https://www.agile-robots.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Articles
• Sources

Summary

Agile Robots builds intelligent robot systems for industrial automation, medical applications and humanoid robotics. Its portfolio combines robot arms, mobile manipulation, control software and the Agile ONE humanoid program, with deployments across manufacturing, healthcare and research environments.

Market context

One of Europe's strongest industrial robotics players now extending into humanoids, bringing real factory data, deployment experience, and full-stack automation into the humanoid category. Agile ONE • humanoid robotics platform (Agile ONE) • industrial robotic systems (arms, automation stack).

• Capability: industrial task execution (pick and place, machine tending)
• Capability: dexterous manipulation (Agile Hand)
• Capability: AI-driven perception and control
• Capability: integrated production systems
• Strategic position: industrial automation leader expanding into humanoids
• Strategic position: full-stack robotics + AI company
• Strategic position: focused on factory deployment and system integration

Products

• Agile ONE

Facts

• Website: https://www.agile-robots.com
• HQ: Munich, Germany
• Founded: 2018
• Segment: Humanoid
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2021-09-15 - Series C - $130M - Agile Robots raises $130M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 - source: agile-robots.com

Investors

• SoftBank Vision Fund 2 - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-09-15

Industrial robotics and intelligent automation platforms from DLR spin-out roots

Agile Robots develops intelligent robotic systems for industrial automation. The company emerged from German Aerospace Center research roots and has expanded across robot arms, automation software, industrial cells and applied robotics deployments.

• Target environment: Industrial production sites, electronics manufacturing, medical-adjacent automation, laboratories, logistics facilities and advanced manufacturing environments.
• Deployment model: Integrated robotics model built around robot hardware, automation systems, software, acquisitions and customer-specific industrial deployments.
• Customer context: Manufacturers, electronics producers, industrial automation customers, medical-device or lab automation users and customers needing flexible robotic production systems.
• Workflow context: Robotic manipulation, industrial automation, force control, robot arms, automation cells, machine tending, assembly and intelligent production workflows.
• Commercial maturity: Agile Robots has moved beyond research-platform positioning into industrial automation and acquisition-led scale. Its maturity is strongest in applied industrial robotics rather than broad general-p…
• Market position: European and Chinese industrial robotics company positioned between advanced robot manipulation, automation integration and production-ready industrial systems.
• Adoption constraints: Deployment repeatability, integration complexity, hardware cost, sales-cycle length, customer-specific engineering load, production scaling and competition from established industrial robot vendors.
• Adjacent context: Industrial robotics, collaborative robotics, robot arms, automation integration, mobile manipulation and intelligent manufacturing.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-04-01 - Acquisition - Agile Robots closes acquisition of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering - Agile Robots said it successfully completed the acquisition of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering assets in Europe and…
• 2026-03-24 - Partnership - Agile Robots and Google DeepMind form strategic research partnership for industrial robotics - Agile Robots and Google DeepMind say they have formed a strategic research partnership to advance…
• 2025-11-24 - Acquisition - Agile Robots acquires thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering - Agile Robots announced the acquisition of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering assets in Europe and North America, pending closing at…
• 2025-11-19 - Product Launch - Agile Robots launches industrial humanoid Agile ONE - Agile Robots launched Agile ONE as its first humanoid robot for industrial settings.
• 2025-11-04 - Partnership - Agile Robots becomes anchor customer for Europe's first Industrial AI Cloud - Agile Robots announced it would be an anchor customer for Europe's first Industrial AI Cloud, a project involving…
• 2024-11-07 - Partnership - Agile Robots becomes a member of ARENA2036 - Agile Robots joined the ARENA2036 research campus as a member focused on industrial robotics and AI collaboration.
• 2024-06-11 - Demonstration - Agile Robots and Franka Robotics present automation solutions at KRoX2024 - Agile Robots and Franka Robotics announced a joint showcase at KRoX2024 focused on industrial and research-oriente…
• 2024-04-17 - Demonstration - Agile Robots and BÄR Automation present joint intralogistics solution at Hannover Messe 2024 - Agile Robots, BÄR Automation, and idealworks presented a joint automation setup at Hannover Mes…
• 2024-03-07 - Production Milestone - Agile Robots ramps up production of Franka robots in Kaufbeuren - Agile Robots started production of Franka robots at its Kaufbeuren site in Germany after integrating Franka Robotics…
• 2023-11-20 - Acquisition - Agile Robots acquires Franka Emika to expand robotics stack - Agile Robots AG acquires Franka Emika, retaining its 100 employees and committing to growth in Bavaria.
• 2022-08-19 - Partnership - Agile Robots and voraus robotik start cobot software cooperation - Agile Robots and voraus robotik began a cooperation in collaborative robotics.
• 2021-09-15 - Funding - Agile Robots raises $130M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 - Agile Robots raised $130 million in Series C financing, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, marking its first investment in China.

Operations / Deployments

• 2025-11-04 - Partnership - Agile Robots becomes anchor customer for Europe's first Industrial AI Cloud - Agile Robots announced it would be an anchor customer for Europe's first Industrial AI Cloud, a project involving…
• 2024-03-07 - Production Milestone - Agile Robots ramps up production of Franka robots in Kaufbeuren - Agile Robots started production of Franka robots at its Kaufbeuren site in Germany after integrating Franka Robotics…

Team

• Zhaopeng Chen - Founder and Chief Executive Officer
• Peter Meusel - Co-Founder

Relationships

• Google DeepMind - technology_partner - Agile Robots and Google DeepMind partnered to bring embodied AI intelligence to industrial robotics platforms.
• voraus robotik - partner - Agile Robots and voraus robotik start cobot software cooperation
• Announced acquisition (pending closing) - Agile announced acquisition of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering assets in Europe and North America; ~650 experts and 10 locations; to operate as Krause Automation post-closin…
• Closed acquisition - Agile completed acquisition of thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering assets; business continues as Krause Automation within the group (Agile news, Apr 2026).
• NVIDIA - technology_partner - Agile is an anchor customer for Europe's first Industrial AI Cloud initiative alongside Deutsche Telekom, NVIDIA, and Schwarz Group (Agile news, Nov 2025).
• Industrial AI Cloud (anchor programme) - Industrial AI Cloud anchor-customer programme with Deutsche Telekom, NVIDIA, and Schwarz Group (Agile news).
• Research campus member - Member of ARENA2036 research campus for industrial robotics and AI collaboration (Agile news).
• Hannover Messe 2024 joint demo - Joint intralogistics demo at Hannover Messe 2024 with Yu 5 Industrial, AMR, and AnyFleet (Agile news).
• Hannover Messe 2024 joint demo - Joint Hannover Messe 2024 automation setup with driverless transport and AnyFleet platform (Agile news).
• KRoX2024 joint showcase - Joint KRoX2024 showcase on industrial and research robotics applications (Agile news).
• Google DeepMind - AI robotics collaboration - Google and Agile Robots are collaborating on AI robotics systems.

Context tags

• Torque-controlled cobot builder - Peer Group
• Torque-controlled manipulation - Workflow
• Industrial robotics OEM - Stack Layer
• Force-controlled manipulation - Capability
• Cobot arm OEM - Stack Layer
• Industrial embodied AI builder - Peer Group
• Industrial robot cell deployment - Workflow
• Collaborative robot arm builder - Peer Group
• Factory automation cells - Customer Environment

Customers and deployments

• Production Start Timing - full production scheduled for early 2026 - 2025-11-19 - Agile ONE Bavaria production facility - industrial humanoid manufacturing - Agile ONE is scheduled for in-house manufacturing in Germany,…
• Franka Production Ramp Status - Franka robots ready for shipment after production ramp - 2024-03-07 - Kaufbeuren production site - collaborative robot production - Agile Robots ramped up production of Franka robots in K…

Articles

• 2026-04-03 - Agile robots recent moves point to a broader industrial AI strategy - Recent partnerships, infrastructure moves, and acquisitions point to a broader industrial AI strategy at Agile. - Korthos: /research/agi…
• 2025-11-19 - Agile Robots is building Agile ONE into industrial humanoid production - A November 19, 2025 Munich launch gives Agile Robots an industrial humanoid anchor tied to in-house German manufacturing. - Korthos:…