Hexagon Robotics AEON: Scaling humanoid robots is not simple copy-paste

A Forbes article explores how Hexagon Robotics is moving its humanoid robot AEON from single-unit tasks toward industrial deployment at a scale of 1,000 units. AEON uses a wheel-legged design that combines efficient mobility with obstacle-crossing capability, and is positioned as a multi-purpose industrial platform supporting manipulation, inspection, and real-world data collection. Hexagon Robotics uses a sim-to-real-to-sim closed loop to collect real-world data and feed it back into training, and cites BMW Group and Schaeffler as examples of the path from pilots to repeatable performance and industrial-scale deployment.