Agility Robotics

"There's so much hype and so much storytelling that is not connected to reality." Our co-founder and Chief Robot Officer Jonathan Hurst told Mike Rogoway at OregonLive why humanoid robotics needs to cut through the noise. The clips that go viral—backflips, dancing, races—aren't the work that pays. Digit is built for the unglamorous jobs customers actually need done, in real facilities. That's what we're focused on. Read more at the link in comments. #Agility #DigitRobot

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Every joint moving at once — timing, velocity, balance compensation — is one of the harder control problems in humanoid robotics. Stress test for it? A workout class. The coordination that keeps Digit in sync is the same control that lets it handle varied loads and adapt to real conditions on the warehouse floor. #Agility #DigitRobot

Humanoid robotics is moving from possibility to practical application. Agility CEO Peggy Johnson joined Bloomberg to talk about the growing demand for physical AI and what that looks like inside real industrial facilities. For Digit, that starts with straightforward, repetitive work: moving materials, handling pallets, and taking on physically demanding tasks that are difficult to staff, while people focus on the work that benefits most from their judgment and experience. That's not a roadmap. It's what Digit is already doing across customer sites: - Nine customer deployments across warehousing and manufacturing - More than 65,000 hours of real-world operation - Partners including Schaeffler, GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and Mercado Libre Watch Peggy's conversation with Romaine Bostick, CFA, and Sally Bakewell: https://lnkd.in/gGbDceGz #Agility #DigitRobot

We're hiring a Senior AI Software Engineer, Reinforcement Learning to help build the AI that brings Digit to life. Join our AI Controls team to develop and deploy reinforcement learning policies that enable robust, dynamic movement across locomotion, whole-body control, and manipulation. Come work on real problems in humanoid robotics and help turn what's possible into what's deployed. Apply via the link in the comments. #Agility #FutureOfWork

Our CBO, Daniel Diez, on the labor number behind the automation debate: the problem isn't too few jobs; it's too few people for the jobs that already exist. Read more of his perspective ⬇️

The technology is moving fast. The standards have to keep up. Humanoid robotics is being built at the same time as the rules for deploying it responsibly. That means the work isn't just happening in hardware and software. It's happening in standards bodies, safety architectures, customer facilities, and years of real-world deployment. Pras Velagapudi and Kevin R. explain how those pieces come together and why what we're learning in industrial environments matters for everywhere humanoids go next. Read their perspective, Built for the Real World: https://lnkd.in/gmQUNN_w #Agility #HumanoidRobotics

Anyone can build a robot that looks like a person. Building one that moves like a person—that makes contact with the world and keeps its balance when the floor drops away—is a much harder problem. And it's a hardware problem. That's the throughline of a Science Magazine / American Association for the Advancement of Science paper from our co-founder and Chief Robot Officer, Jonathan Hurst, "Physical AI is enabled by mechanical hardware." One line that stuck with us: "Looking back on some of today's humanoid robots with precise human dimensions or five-fingered hands will be akin to looking back at early heavier-than-air flying machine prototypes." We didn't understand the physics of flight then; we're at that stage with locomanipulation now. The payoff, Jonathan argues, is a future full of human-centric machines with familiar features but clear differences. We shared this when it published last week. It's now available to read in full, no paywall, on our site. Read the full paper. Link in comments. #PhysicalAI #HumanoidRobotics #Agility

Mapping the floor. Connecting to the network. Accounting for every button Digit has to push and every obstacle it has to route around. Training the on-site team. Handling change management before the robot ever arrives. The devil of actual deployments is in the messy details — and our Customer Acceleration Program is built around them: proof-of-technology, on-site validation, and 90 days of operational data before anyone talks about scaling. Read our full process at the link in the comments. #Agility #DigitRobot

Our CFO, Michael Beer, sat down with CFO Brew on what it takes to scale for the next chapter of a humanoid robotics company already at work in the field. Worth a read: https://lnkd.in/gqPCx-HT