Hexagon Robotics has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to advance humanoid robots for industrial manufacturing and inspection use cases.
Hexagon Robotics has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft aimed at advancing humanoid robots with a focus on:
• Redefining data-driven adaptive manufacturing through deep technology collaboration
• Scaling of physical AI frameworks across imitation learning reinforcement learning and multimodal vision-language-action models
• Jointly engage customers to deploy AI-driven robotics powered by Microsoft Azure and bring automation from concept to factory floor
Combining Hexagon Robotics’ expertise in sensor fusion robotics and spatial intelligence and Microsoft’s strengths in cloud computing and scalable platforms including Fabric Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric Azure IoT Operations and Azure App Service, the two companies will work together to provide production-ready humanoid solutions for manipulation and inspection use cases – first targeting automotive aerospace manufacturing and logistic industries.
“The strategic partnership with Microsoft is a big step towards realising our vision to build an autonomous future and address labour shortage across vital industries,” said Arnaud Robert, President, Hexagon Robotics. “We are excited to collaborate with Microsoft to advance our Physical AI roadmap and deploy high-performing and adaptable humanoid solutions for our customers”.
Humanoid robots are expected to reshape many industries by enabling new levels of autonomy and efficiency while keeping humans in the loop.
The partnership is pitched as tackling several existing deployment challenges such as data management one-shot imitation learning and training for multimodal AI models.
Through this collaboration Hexagon’s industrial humanoid robot AEON has already demonstrated real-time defect detection and operational intelligence.
“This partnership with Hexagon Robotics marks a pivotal moment in bridging the gap between cutting-edge humanoid robot innovation and real-world industrial impact. By combining AEON’s sensor fusion and spatial intelligence with Microsoft Azure’s scalable AI and cloud infrastructure we’re empowering customers to deploy adaptive AI-powered humanoid robots that advance autonomous manufacturing from the factory floor to the global supply chain,” said Aaron Schnieder VP of Engineering and Emerging Technologies, Microsoft.
