The brief

Analyst view

• Over 20,000 robot systems installed worldwide; owns Franka Emika and, since April 2026, thyssenkrupp's automation unit.
• Partnered with Google DeepMind in March 2026 to run Gemini Robotics models on its industrial robots.
• Bloomberg reported in June 2026 that SoftBank was in early talks to put more than $300M into an $800M round.

Technical approach

As reported

Touch

Robots that feel force

Its arms and hands carry torque sensors in the joints, a DLR heritage, so they can push, fit and assemble parts by feel and stop safely on contact.

Systems

Whole production lines, not single robots

Agile sells arms, hands, mobile robots and integration together; buying thyssenkrupp's automation unit added decades of production-line building.

AI

Models trained on factory data

Its AI learns from data gathered on installed robots plus simulation and human demonstrations, and now Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics models.

In-house

Builds its own humanoid

Agile ONE is built entirely in-house at the company's own new plant in Bavaria, rather than by a contract manufacturer.

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