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Agile ONE

and compact ONE S / ONE SN

A German in-house-built industrial humanoid; series build keeps slipping, a compact research version is due in 2027.

EUPrototype–
USPrototype–
CNNot available–

Agile ONE humanoid walking between warehouse shelving · Photo: Agile Robots · Press image · Source

Agile Robots announced the Agile ONE in Munich on 2025-11-19 as a humanoid for factories, built entirely in Germany, with series production promised for early 2026 at a new Bavarian site. It was shown at Hannover Messe in 2026-04, where production was still being set up. In 2026-10 the company added compact research models ONE S and ONE SN (1.4 m, 71 DoF, Nvidia Jetson Thor), aiming for 1,000 to 2,000 units in 2027, with availability in early 2027. No customer, price or order channel has been published.

Our verdict

Europe's best-backed industrial humanoid in terms of parent company, but still unpurchasable and unproven in a plant. The research versions for universities may become the first real product.

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Availability

EuropePrototype

No public price

Compact ONE SN planned for early 2027 to universities and research labs; no price. Full-size ONE: no order route.

as of 2026-10 · Source

United StatesPrototype

No public price

No US channel; Stanford named as potential customer for ONE SN.

as of 2026-10 · Source

ChinaNot available

No public price

No plan announced.

as of 2026-10 · Source

Timeline

  1. Agile Robots founded as a DLR spin-off.

  2. Agile ONE announced in Munich; series production promised for early 2026 in Bavaria.

  3. Acquisition of large parts of Thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering announced.

  4. Agile ONE shown at Hannover Messe 2026; Chancellor Merz visits Agile Robots in Hanover the same week; Bavarian production still being set up.

  5. Compact ONE SN unveiled at Nvidia GTC Berlin; 1,000 to 2,000 compact units targeted for 2027.

Promises

Agile Robots · Nov 2025Missed
“Series production of Agile ONE in Bavaria from early 2026”

No confirmation of series production found; in 2026-10 the stated production start for ONE S/SN is 'by end of 2026'. Judged from absence of evidence, not from an announced delay.

Due Mar 2026 · Source · Outcome

Zhaopeng Chen (CEO, to Reuters) · Oct 2026Pending
“1,000 to 2,000 compact humanoids produced in 2027; ONE SN available early 2027”

Due Dec 2027 · Source

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Specs

Height
140 cm (compact ONE SN only)
Manufacturer claim
Degrees of freedom
71 DoF (ONE SN, body and hands)
Manufacturer claim

Sources

  1. Agile Robots launches humanoid robot for industry: Agile ONE Agile Robots · Oct 31, 2026
  2. Agile Robots plans up to 2,000 research humanoids through Nvidia partnership TechNode · Oct 31, 2026
  3. Germany's Agile Robots plans up to 2,000 humanoids with Nvidia eWeek · Oct 31, 2026
  4. Agile Robots: acquisition and humanoid drive next growth surge Munich Startup · Oct 31, 2026
  5. Friedrich Merz visits Agile Robots in Hanover Fertigungstechnik · Oct 31, 2026
  6. Agile Robots SE Humanoids Daily · Oct 31, 2026

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