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AEON vs SE01 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 SE01 at the research stage, as of 2026.

  • AEON is at the pilot stage; SE01 at the research stage.
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The Problem with this Humanoid Robot
AEONView full model page →
EngineAI SE01 campus long-distance walking test
SE01View full model page →
ManufacturerHexagonEngineAI
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturitypilotresearch
Autonomy—◐ not independently verified
Availabilityinternal-onlyenterpriseinternal-onlyenterprise
PriceNot announced$12,000-$26,000 (analyst estimate)
Capability claims—
  • Picks and packs (demo-only, demonstrated-once)
Brain—
Verified deployments1Hexagon1EngineAI
Privacy practices——
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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.

SE01

EngineAI's SE01 (from EngineAI, Shenzhen) is a 32-degree-of-freedom research humanoid noted for a neural-network natural-gait walking demonstration. DEPLOY records it at research maturity with no verified deployments: the natural-gait footage is demonstration material, not evidence of autonomous deployment, and DEPLOY cap-flags aggregator framing of SE01 as 'autonomous' or commercially deployed. As a smaller-maker research platform it has no consumer price.

Common questions

How do AEON and SE01 differ?
On DEPLOY's record, AEON is further along: at the pilot stage versus SE01 at the research stage, as of 2026. AEON is at the pilot stage; SE01 at the research stage.
What is the difference between AEON and SE01?
AEON and SE01 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 SE01 more autonomous?
On the DEPLOY registry, neither AEON nor SE01 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 SE01?
AEON and SE01 each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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