Robots/Parts/Software

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's cloud: huge data centres around the world that companies rent computing power, storage and ready-made services from, paying for what they use. Hexagon says Azure lets it develop AEON at scale and train the robot's skills on demand. In January 2026 the two companies announced a partnership that also names Microsoft's tools for live data, connected industrial devices and web apps.

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robots in the database: Microsoft
made by: Software
brain layer: Pay as you go, with a free trial
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Key numbers

Made by: Microsoft
Used by Hexagon for: developing AEON and training its skills on demand
Services named in the partnership: Azure cloud and AI infrastructure, Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence, Azure IoT Operations and Azure App Service
Partnership announced: 7 January 2026

Source: Hexagon Robotics, Hexagon Robotics partners with Microsoft to advance Physical AI (robotics.hexagon.com)

Price guide

Listed price

Pay as you go, with a free trial

Each service is charged by use. New accounts get US$200 of credit to use within 30 days, plus some services free each month. What Hexagon pays under its partnership is not public.

Where to buy

Source: Microsoft Azure, Create Your Azure Free Account Or Pay As You Go (azure.microsoft.com)

Strengths and trade-offs

Our analysis

Strengths

Huge computing power can be rented when needed, with no data centre to build.

Training can scale up for a big job and back down afterwards.

Already used by many of the industrial companies Hexagon sells to.

Ready-made services for handling live data from machines.

Trade-offs

Costs can climb quickly with heavy AI training.

Relies on another company and on internet connections.

Factories may be wary of sending their data to the cloud.

Moving to another cloud later can be hard.

Why robot makers choose it

Our read

Training a robot's skills needs bursts of large-scale computing that few robot makers want to own outright. Azure provides that on demand, and Microsoft's existing ties with industrial customers help Hexagon fit AEON into the systems those customers already use.

This is our reasoning from the public facts. No maker has confirmed it.

Robots using it

Hexagon AEONConfirmedHumanoid, all versionsHexagon uses Microsoft's Azure cloud for developing AEON and training its skills on demand. A January 2026 partnership adds Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence, Azure IoT Operations and Azure App Service.

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Numbers and listed prices on this page come from the sources shown. Anything marked as our analysis, our read or our estimate is our own view and has not been confirmed by any company. Last checked 15 Oct 2026. How we verify