Gideon alternatives

Gideon, founded in Osijek, Croatia in 2017 as Gideon Brothers, builds autonomous forklifts and warehouse material-handling AMRs for logistics, manufacturing and retail operators. The company reports teams in the 130–150 range in recent counts, sells into North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe, and has raised about US$41.26M, including a strategic investment from Toyota Industries in September 2024. Operations weighing Gideon against other complete-robot suppliers may need capability beyond pallet handling. Hexagon Robotics covers the humanoid angle: its AEON robot, unveiled in June 2025, is running pilots at European partner sites under a parent group of roughly 24,000 employees. Kärcher, family-owned in Germany since 1935, automates floor cleaning with its KIRA robots rather than goods movement. Kassow Robots supplies lightweight 7-axis collaborative arms from Kastrup, Denmark, for cell-level tasks a forklift cannot do. Milrem Robotics works outdoors and off-road: the Tallinn company builds unmanned ground vehicles for defence and civil users in 21 countries. Pick Gideon when the bottleneck is moving pallets indoors; look to Hexagon for humanoid trials, Kassow for arm work at the bench, Kärcher for cleaning, and Milrem where the vehicle must leave the warehouse floor.

Alternatives to Gideon

Hexagon Robotics

Hexagon Robotics is the robotics division of Hexagon AB, the Swedish measurement-technology group, and the builder of AEON, an industrial humanoid robot launched on 17 June 2025 at the Hexagon LIVE Global event.

Kärcher

Kärcher (Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG) is a family-owned German cleaning-technology company, founded in 1935 and headquartered in Winnenden, whose professional line includes the KIRA series of autonomous cleaning robots.

Kassow Robots

Kassow Robots is a Danish manufacturer of lightweight collaborative robot arms, headquartered in Kastrup near Copenhagen and founded in 2014.

Milrem Robotics

Milrem Robotics is an Estonian developer of unmanned ground vehicles, founded in Tallinn in 2013 and now Europe’s best-known military UGV maker.

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