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Agility Robotics Commercializes Digit Humanoid Robot

Organization: Agility Robotics
Country: United States
Website: http://www.agilityrobotics.com
Year Founded: 2015
Number of Employees: 11-50
Innovation Class: Technology & Services Innovation
Innovation Subclass: Product Introduction

Commercializing Digit is a milestone for humanoid robots and Agility Robotics, which spun out of Oregon State University to commercialize bipedal locomotion research.

Description:
Agility Robotics in January 2020 launched the commercial version of Digit, a humanoid robot that costs in the low-mid six figures. Digit’s upper torso includes integrated sensing, computing, and two 4-DOF arms that can carry up to 40 pounds. Digit also has two 2-DOF feet, sealed joints for outdoor operation, a UN 38.3 certified battery for cargo air shipment, and an API so it can be used as a development platform.

Digit navigates semi-autonomously thanks to LiDAR and other sensors. Digit is designed for classic dull, dirty, and dangerous manual labor jobs, including basic tasks in warehouse logistics that can have high rates of dissatisfaction, injury, and turnover.

Analysis:
Digit is the first humanoid with walking and manipulation capabilities to be sold commercially rather than just to academic institutions. While the utility of humanoid robots has and will still be questioned, perhaps Digit will start changing that tune. 

Commercializing Digit is a milestone for humanoid robots and Agility Robotics, which spun out of Oregon State University in 2015 to specifically commercialize bipedal locomotion research.

Ford, which purchased the first two Digits, is exploring how the robot could be placed in self-driving delivery vans to carry packages from vans to customers’ front doors. This is what Ford is calling “last-50-feet delivery.” The automaker is also focusing on how Digit can be used indoors for first-mile logistics. - Steve Crowe

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