Overview
- BMW is piloting Hexagon’s AEON at Leipzig in its first European deployment of humanoid robots, targeting high‑voltage battery assembly and component manufacturing.
- An initial test took place in December 2025 with further deployment from April 2026 ahead of a full pilot phase in the summer of 2026.
- AEON was developed with a simulation‑first approach using NVIDIA’s Isaac tools and currently runs on Jetson Orin edge hardware for real‑time perception and control.
- BMW has created a Center of Competence for Physical AI in Production to vet partners, mature the technology under factory conditions, and link efforts to its unified iFACTORY data platform.
- Results from BMW’s 2025 Spartanburg pilot with Figure AI showed a humanoid robot supporting production of over 30,000 X3s and moving more than 90,000 parts in live operations.