In the not-so-distant future, human-like robots will be as ubiquitous as the automobile or smartphone – if Agility Robotics’ vision of the future comes to life.

The new Digit robot can “reach higher, carry more, last longer, charge faster and convey intent” better than the previous model. In addition, ...

From above, the show floor at Automate 2025 looked like a huge high-tech terrarium: part smart factory, part anthill. The booths full of robots made for a living floor map of motion within motion: ...

Digit will also have a head with a pair of digital eyes that will help people understand where it is headed and it’s intentions. The robot does have a speaker but it won’t talk.

In robot development, AI-generated linkages are curved whereas the standard robot’s connecting parts are straight and rectangular.

Digit, all day long, just moves product off these small tugs—autonomous mobile robots—and turns around and puts them on a conveyor belt, over and over and over again. So you can understand how ...

Agility Robotics’ Digit is the only humanoid robot currently getting paid for real work, unlike its competitors. Agility Robotics is not without competition. Companies like Boston Dynamics with ...

Peggy Johnson, Agility Robotics CEO, sits down with WSJ’s Joanna Stern to discuss Digit, her company’s new humanoid robot. How could humanoid robots reshape the workplace? Joanna Stern, senior ...

However, these companies are not yet as advanced as Agility Robotics with its Digit, which will now be the first humanoid robot to be permanently deployed at a company.

Only one autonomous humanoid robot actually has a job. Like a real, 9-to-5, paying gig. And that’s Digit by Agility Robotics, says CEO Peggy Johnson.

In the not-so-distant future, human-like robots will be as ubiquitous as the automobile or smartphone – if Agility Robotics’ vision of the future comes to life.

Agility Robotics announced an updated version today of its bipedal Digits warehouse robot. Designed to take on repetitive or injury-risking tasks, the new version adds a head and hands, and it can ...