SoftBank has anchored a $500 million Series F investment into Agile Robots, a Munich-headquartered developer of humanoid robotics systems for industrial automation. The funding round, which also includes participation from Nvidia, Hitachi and T Capital, values the German startup at $8.5 billion. Agile has now accumulated approximately $2 billion across all funding rounds to date.
The company manufactures a range of robotic systems including articulated arms, robotic hands, wheeled and legged autonomous mobile platforms, and full humanoid robots. Beyond hardware, Agile develops the underlying software infrastructure and artificial intelligence models that power these machines. Within factory environments, the robots perform assembly operations, component handling, equipment inspection and material transport tasks.
Agile emerged in 2018 as a spinoff venture from the German Aerospace Centre. The organisation now operates a production facility near Munich capable of manufacturing up to 10,000 humanoid robots annually, whether legged or wheeled variants. The company maintains a workforce exceeding 2,000 research and development personnel and holds more than 650 patents. Its client base spans the automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare and service sectors.
The fresh capital will support Agile's push into the American market and enable scaling of manufacturing output. According to Dr. Zhaopeng Chen, the company's founder and chief executive, "Physical AI will fundamentally change how the world builds, moves and makes things. Our vision is intelligent robots working alongside people in factories and warehouses everywhere, and Agile Robots is determined to lead that shift."
Chen continued: "We bring Physical AI out of the lab and into industrial production, across logistics, automotive, electronics and manufacturing. This funding allows us to accelerate our global expansion, strengthen our presence in key markets and build out production capacity."
Source: Tech.eu
