Buying guide
AEON vs Galaxea R1 in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
- AEON has more verified real-world deployments (1 vs 0).
- AEON is at the pilot stage; Galaxea R1 at the research stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Hexagon | Galaxea AI |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | pilot | research |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | Not announced | $39,999-$69,999 (actual sale price) |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain |
| — |
| Verified deployments | 1BMW Group | 0 |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 5 | 4 |
Editorial summaries
AEON
Hexagon's AEON is an industrial humanoid robot built for factory work such as assembly lines and high-voltage EV-battery manufacturing, developed with NVIDIA, Microsoft, and the Swiss actuator maker maxon. It carries 22 sensors and self-swapping batteries (about 23 seconds) for around-the-clock operation, with a walking speed near 2.5 meters per second. DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity with one verified deployment, at BMW Group Plant Leipzig: the honest counterpoint to aggregator 'humanoids are working in factories at scale' framing, this is a verified pilot, not commercial-at-scale. As industrial equipment sold to manufacturers, it has no consumer price.
Galaxea R1
Galaxea Dynamics sells the R1 humanoid directly through its own website, with the R1 Pro listed at $69,999 and the R1 Lite at $39,999. The product page states units are in stock and ship within 15 days. Price and availability are verified from the maker's own product page.
Common questions
- What is the difference between AEON and Galaxea R1?
- AEON and Galaxea R1 are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
- Which has more verified deployments, AEON or Galaxea R1?
- AEON has more verified deployments (1) on the DEPLOY registry than Galaxea R1 (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.
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