Agility Robotics · logistics humanoid
Digit
Cassie's legs plus a torso, 4-DoF arms, sensors and more computing, designed to carry boxes (up to 40 lb in testing) in spaces built for people. Later generations are covered in other slices.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 18 kgCarries more than 71%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
Not for sale: Earlier Digit version, superseded; Agility now sells only the current Digit (see agility-digit-2023).
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Why it matters
Ford became its first customer in January 2020, one of the first sales of a bipedal humanoid for logistics.
Real-world use
Ford received the first two production units in 2020 to test last-50-feet delivery; later versions entered warehouse pilots.
Maker
Agility RoboticsCompany · founded 2015 · Salem, Oregon, United StatesPlanned SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI at about $2.5B, expected gross proceeds over $620M including a $200M PIPE led by Foxconn…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Digit carries more than 71% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.
What it has been shown doing
1 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Climb stairsFord demo: carries a package up front steps; behaviors triggered by local teleop, stair climbing itself run onboard · May 2019 · therobotreport.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineTerrainGet upRunJumpCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention Digit gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 4 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- Brushless DC motors with custom transmissions; 16 degrees of freedom (5 per leg, 3 per arm) per the while Agility's 2019 announcement described 4-DoF arms.
- Hands
- No hands in the 2019 version: simple arm ends for balance, catching falls and carrying boxes.
- Sensors & vision
- LiDAR, four Intel RealSense depth cameras, MEMS IMU and joint encoders.
- Compute
- Two multi-core Intel i7 CPUs in the torso plus a payload bay for a third computer such as an Intel NUC or NVIDIA Jetson.
- Battery & power
- Custom 1.2 kWh lithium-polymer pack.
- Materials & build
- Aluminium, thermoformed polycarbonate and carbon-fibre composite.
- AI & software
- Linux-based real-time OS on the control computer with planning and perception on a second computer; API available on board or over wireless; stair climbing and footstep planning.
- Other details
- 175 cm, 65 kg; carries up to about 16-18 kg (40 lb, still in testing in 2019).
Named suppliers:NVIDIAIntelIntel RealSense
Lineage
Every Agility Robotics humanoid in order.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- Not for saleEarlier Digit version, superseded; Agility now sells only the current Digit (see agility-digit-2023).
- Sold or delivered
- Sold to businesses from January 2020; Ford took the first two units (TechCrunch).
- Where it is sold or used
- United States
- Customers and pilots
- Ford (first customer, 2020); Amazon (testing, late 2023); GXO Logistics (Spanx facility near Atlanta; RaaS contract 2024)
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Trial ended
Ford Motor Company · since 2020 · 2 units
Ford bought the first Digit units to explore last-mile parcel delivery. First two production units TechCrunch
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- GXO Signs Industry-First Multi-Year Agreement with Agility Robotics
GXO and Agility signed a multi-year Digit deployment agreement, described by GXO as the first commercial humanoid RaaS deployment.
GXO Logistics - ProMat 2023 Recap
Agility demonstrated the newest Digit version autonomously at ProMat 2023.
Agility Robotics - Digit goes on sale; Ford first customer
Announced the night before CES 2020.
TechCrunch - Agility unveils Digit
Digit added a torso, arms, sensors and more computing to the Cassie legs.
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Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure |  DigitAgility Robotics |  ApolloApptronikSame jobs: industrial, logistics · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |  TALOSPAL RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |  4NE1NEURA RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2019-02-19 | 2023-08-23 | 2017-03 | 2023 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use |
| Height | — | 172 cm | 175 cm | 180 cm |
| Weight | — | 72.5 kg | 95 kg | 80 kg |
| Joints | — | — | 32 | — |
| Speed | — | — | 3 km/h | 5 km/h |
| Payload | 18 kg | 25 kg | 6 kg | 100 kg |
| Battery | — | 4 h | 1.5 h | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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