Robotics Schaeffler Just Committed to 1,000 Humanoids — And Is Selling the Gearboxes That Power Them. Germany's Tier-1 Auto Supplier Is Now Both Customer and Vendor in Its Own Automation.
On April 22 Schaeffler AG — the €16B German automotive Tier-1 — committed to deploying at least 1,000 Hexagon AEON humanoids across its global production network by 2033, and simultaneously signed on as Hexagon's supplier of the planetary and strain-wave actuators that power them. It is the third humanoid deal Schaeffler has signed in six months.