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Proposed additions to page / History section / conflict of interest

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I work for Agility Robotics as a copywriter and have a clear conflict of interest, but I'd like to suggest edits to the company page, so I'm posting here rather than editing directly. Below are the proposed changes I'd like to make to the "History" section of the company page, along with the external sources that validate these changes. These are factual updates about customers that Agility serves.

History

The company was spun out of Oregon State University's Dynamic Robotics Lab in 2015. Jonathan Hurst created the robotics lab at Oregon State and helped establish the scientific basis for dynamic stability and locomotion in bipedal robots. The lab was among the first to reproduce human-like walking dynamics with bipedal robots, work that would become the foundation of Agility Robotics, co-founded by Hurst, Damion Shelton, and Mikhail Jones.

As a part of spinning out from Oregon State, Agility brought with them their first robot, Cassie, a biped with no upper body or perception systems. Cassie was sold as a research platform to labs and innovation departments, starting in 2016, and would go on to set the Guinness World Record for 100M run by a bipedal robot.

In 2017, the company released Digit, a full-size humanoid robot. Digit was equipped with a torso, arms, and a full perception system and was sold to academic labs and research institutes. The company sold a later version of Digit to Ford Motor Company to explore last-mile delivery, an effort that paired Digit with early autonomous vehicles. In 2021, Agility expanded Digit's capabilities to serve the warehouse and logistics industry by focusing on bulk material handling tasks.

The current version of Digit was released in 2023 at ProMat, a material handling and logistics tradeshow. Shortly after, the company announced their first humanoid robotics factory, located in Salem, Oregon, named RoboFab.

In late 2023 the company announced a partnership with Amazon to bring Digit to their facilities to support distribution and fulfillment tasks. Shortly after that, Agility announced a similar partnership with GXO Logistics to work in their Spanx facility outside Atlanta, GA.

In 2024, Agility and GXO announced the first humanoid Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) contract between the two companies, expanding the work done by Digit at their Spanx facility.

Also in 2024, Schaeffler AG, a global manufacturer of rolling element bearings for automotive, aerospace and industrial uses, announced a strategic partnership with Agility, and its intention to “deploy a significant number of humanoids in our global network of 100 plants by 2030.”

In 2025, Mercado Libre announced that they had become an Agility customer, integrating several Digit robots into their San Antonio, Texas facility.

In 2026, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada contracted seven Digit robots to work in their Ontario plant to help build RAV4 SUVs under an RaaS deal.

Also in 2026, Agility underwent a rebranding effort, dropping the “Robotics” suffix from their name to “allow space for us to grow as we explore new use cases, services, and industries.”

Sources:

https://investors.gxo.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-agility-robotics/

https://www.therobotreport.com/schaeffler-plans-global-use-agility-robotics-digit-humanoid/

https://www.therobotreport.com/agility-mercado-libre-embargoed/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/toyota-hires-seven-agility-humanoid-robots-for-canadian-factory/

https://www.therobotreport.com/humanoid-developer-agility-robotics-rebrands/ D.collins.agility (talk) 02:30, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Edit request / new section / conflict of interest

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I work for Agility Robotics as a copywriter, and therefore have a clear conflict of interest. I have proposed edits to the page that I would like to be considered. This new section, PRODUCTS would have two sub categories: PAST PRODUCTS and CURRENT PRODUCTS.

In the PAST PRODUCTS sub page, I would like to suggest the following factual information about past robots be published, with sources validating these changes listed below:

PAST PRODUCTS

-ATRIAS

In 2015 ATRIAS, an acronym for “Assume The Robot Is A Sphere”, was developed in OSU’s Dynamic Robotics Laboratory and was the first robot to reproduce human walking gait dynamics. ATRIAS could walk at a little over 3 mph and could move forward and backward, as well as uphill and downhill. The robot could balance itself and remain upright when pushed. The bipedal robot platform was built by several members of the robotics lab, including current Agility employees Jonathan Hurst, Mikhail Jones, and Andy Abate. It was designed to mechanically embody the spring-mass model for dynamic walking and running, taking design cues from chickens and ostriches.

-Cassie

Following the ATRIAS platform, members of the OSU Dynamic Robotics Lab developed Cassie. It became Agility’s first commercially available product. Cassie was a bipedal robot platform with no torso or head, officially announced in February of 2017. It had a 3-degrees-of-freedom hip like humans do, allowing the robot to move its legs forward and backward, side to side, and also rotate them at the same time. The robot could stand and walk on uneven terrain, fall down without breaking, and was water resistant. It was designed to be a rugged research platform and operated with no cameras or external sensors – essentially blind to the world around it.

Cassie was developed with a 16-month, $1 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Initially, the robot was intended for use in search and rescue, disaster relief, as well as last mile delivery applications.

Cassie was the first bipedal robot to use machine learning to control a running gait on outdoor terrain, and completed a 5K on Oregon State’s campus untethered and on a single battery charge.

On May 11, 2022, Cassie set a Guiness Book of World Records for the fastest 100m sprint by a bipedal robot. Cassie clocked the historic time of 24.73 seconds at OSU’s Whyte Track and Field Center, starting from a standing position and returning to that position after the sprint, with no falls.

Sources:

https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/bipedal-robot-developed-oregon-state-makes-history-learning-run-completing-5k

https://mime.engineering.oregonstate.edu/research/drl/_documents/hubicki_2016.pdf

https://linuxgizmos.com/linux-based-bipedal-robot-endures-a-dodgeball-attack/

https://spectrum.ieee.org/agility-robotics-introduces-cassie-a-dynamic-and-talented-robot-delivery-ostrich

CURRENT PRODUCTS

-Digit

In 2019, Agility announced the release of its first Digit robot, adding an upper torso, arms, sensors, and additional computing power to the successful Cassie robot design. Digit was designed to be easier to use out of the box compared to Cassie’s research focused applications. This opened Digit up to a wider array of use cases and a larger audience outside of academic settings.

Digit was designed to be a multi-purpose, human-centric robot made for logistics and manufacturing work, and designed to work safely in human spaces and help with a variety of repetitive tasks. Ford became Digit's first buyer, with plans to use it for package delivery.

In March 2023, Agility announced its 4th generation Digit, which was the first model to include a head. A head was added to provide a human-robot interaction (HRI) focal point so that humans can naturally understand what Digit is doing.

In 2024, Time Magazine listed Digit as one of the best inventions of the year.

At the Chicago ProMat conference held in March 2025, Agility announced a series of upgrades to Digit: extended battery life of up to four hours, autonomous docking capabilities, and manufacturing refinements to support fleet deployment. Safety upgrades feature Category 1 stop functionality, Safety PLC implementation, on-robot emergency stop controls, wireless teach pendant and Functional Safety over EtherCAT protocols.

Today, Digit is 5 ft. 9 in. (5.7 m) tall, weighs 140 lb. (63.5 kg), and can lift up to 35 lb. The humanoid is now being used successfully by a wide variety of companies to perform tasks like moving empty totes to improve efficiency and to handle repetitive, manual, and ergonomic tasks, freeing up human workers for other jobs.

-Arc

In March 2024, Agility announced its fleet management software, Arc. Arc is a cloud application platform for deploying and managing Digit fleets. It was designed to monitor and help integrate Digit into a customer’s infrastructure by simplifying the deployment lifecycle – from facility mapping and workflow definition, to operational management and troubleshooting. The software enables quicker deployment for customers new to humanoid technology.

Arc was also designed to integrate quickly with popular warehouse management systems (WMS), warehouse execution systems (WES), and manufacturing execution systems (MES), making the transition easy for operations that have already deployed high levels of automation.

The Arc system allows plant managers to assign robots tasks through a computer, monitor the battery levels of each unit in real-time, and make updates if the factory floor layout changes.

-Support and Service

Agility provides ongoing maintenance, technical support, and software updates to ensure robots remain reliable, safe, and efficient over time. For new deployments, Agility employees deliver and help integrate their automation solutions on site for customers to ensure throughput success.

Sources:

https://www.agilityrobotics.com/content/meet-digit-the-newest-robot-from-agility-robotics

https://investors.gxo.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-agility-robotics/

https://www.businessinsider.com/agility-robotics-humanoid-robot-digit-can-walk-and-carry-2020-6#feet-look-almost-hoof-like-designed-to-function-on-any-terrain-people-can-walk-on-7

https://spectrum.ieee.org/agility-robotics-digit

https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094773/agility-robotics-digit/

https://technologymagazine.com/articles/how-agility-robotics-is-expanding-digits-capabilities

https://www.therobotreport.com/humanoids-getting-their-feet-wet-in-logistics/

https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/agility-ai-case-study/

https://www.mmh.com/article/agility_robotics_introduces_cloud_automation_platform

https://investors.gxo.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gxo-signs-industry-first-multi-year-agreement-agility-robotics/

https://www.mmh.com/article/agility_robotics_introduces_cloud_automation_platform