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AEON vs Adam in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, AEON is further along: at the pilot stage versus Adam at the research stage, as of 2026.

  • AEON has more verified real-world deployments (1 vs 0).
  • AEON is at the pilot stage; Adam at the research stage.
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ManufacturerHexagonPNDbotics
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturitypilotresearch
Autonomy—◐ not independently verified
Availabilityinternal-onlyenterprisepreorder-openpreorder
PriceNot announced$45,000 (manufacturer target)
Capability claims—
  • Picks and packs (claimed-only, claimed)
Brain—
Verified deployments1Hexagon0
Privacy practices——
Sources on file67

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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.

Adam

Adam, from China's PNDbotics, is a full-size humanoid (~1.6-1.67 m, ~60-63 kg) in several variants (Adam Lite, Adam/Adam SP, the teleop/research Adam-U, Adam Pro), with quasi-direct-drive actuators and five-finger hands. The research-focused Adam-U is offered to research institutions on pre-order at about $45,000; other variants have no published consumer price.

DEPLOY classifies its maturity as research. A China deployment partnership (Tianyong) is stated, not yet a verified deployment.

Common questions

How do AEON and Adam differ?
On DEPLOY's record, AEON is further along: at the pilot stage versus Adam at the research stage, as of 2026. AEON has more verified real-world deployments (1 vs 0). AEON is at the pilot stage; Adam at the research stage.
What is the difference between AEON and Adam?
AEON and Adam 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.
Is AEON or Adam more autonomous?
On the DEPLOY registry, neither AEON nor Adam has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.
Which has more verified deployments, AEON or Adam?
AEON has more verified deployments (1) on the DEPLOY registry than Adam (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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