Agility Robotics

The question that gets a robot out of the lab isn't "what can it do?" It's "what problem on the floor does it solve?" Our CEO, Peggy Johnson, made that case with The Wall Street Journal's CEO Brief this week. Building impressive technology, she says, is only the first step. The harder discipline is starting with the problem—the unfilled shift, the physically punishing task, the workflow nobody can staff—and working backward to the technology, instead of falling in love with the technology and hoping it finds a home. That's the discipline behind how we build Digit. Not "here's a capable robot, go find a use for it," but "here's a real problem, and here's the robot shaped to solve it"—down to the IT systems it plugs into, the warehouse-management software it talks to, and the safety requirements of the facility it works in. Read the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/gUNAu2UW Thank you, Lila MacLellan! #Agility #FutureOfWork

Safety is where the real work happens in humanoid robotics. You can't build a robot to do impressive things in a lab and then decide to make it safe around people. As our CEO Peggy Johnson put it in TechCrunch: "That's a redesign. You have to have all of the safety certified — the electrical system, all of the parts, and the software to support all of that." Meeting industrial safety certification to operate inside real customer facilities is a different bar than a choreographed demo. It's the bar that separates a video from a deployment. Years of real-world operation have taught us how high that bar sits and we'd like to see the industry hold to it. Read Connie Loizos's full piece in TechCrunch. Link in comments. #Agility #FutureOfWork

AI can make a robot smarter, but it can’t change the physics of the robot it’s running on. That’s the argument our co-founder and Chief Robot Officer Jonathan Hurst makes in a new paper published today in Science Magazine: “Physical AI is enabled by mechanical hardware.” As some predict that humanoid hardware will become a commodity and software will do the differentiating, Jonathan pushes back. “AI is just software trapped behind the physics of the hardware it is running on.” For robots to move, manipulate objects, and interact safely with people, intelligence still has to work through the physical dynamics of the machine itself. The future of physical AI depends on getting the physical part right. Congratulations to Jonathan on this important contribution to the field. Read the full paper in Science Robotics. Link in comments. #PhysicalAI #HumanoidRobotics #Agility

We're hiring a Staff Robotics Software Engineer to build the teleoperation platform that teaches Digit how to interact with the physical world. As Teleoperations Architect, you'll design the production software foundation for low-latency human demonstration data collection — the infrastructure that directly enables us to scale our deployed humanoid fleet and expand what Digit can do on the floor. This is early, foundational work. The architecture you build won't just serve today's deployment; it will shape how humanoid robots learn from humans at scale. Apply via the link in the comments. #Agility #FutureOfWork

A backflip makes a great video, but it tells you almost nothing about whether a humanoid can do real work in a real facility. What closes that gap is a vertically integrated ecosystem: hardware, software, and the service and support that keep a fleet running. More from our CTO, Pras Velagapudi, at the link in the comments. #Agility #DigitRobot

What actually made humanoid robots work right now, not someday? At the Energy Future Forum 2026, Mark P Mills asked our co-founder and board chairman, Damion Shelton, for the real enablers. His answer wasn't a single breakthrough. It was a convergence. Watch the full interview: https://lnkd.in/eYMe9Tbm   #Agility #DigitRobot #FutureOfWork

There's a difference between a pilot and a partnership. Every customer in our pipeline has been vetted, with real deployment plans behind their proof of concept. Our Customer Acceleration Program takes companies from that first conversation to Digit on the floor — measured on the metrics that matter: throughput, accuracy, and uptime. TechCrunch's Connie Loizos covered the details last month, including a look at the companies already working with us: GXO Logistics, Amazon, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Schaeffler, and Mercado Libre. That's what real commercial deployment looks like. Link in comments. #Agility #DigitRobot

Every Digit depends on precise calibration before it takes its first step and that calibration has to hold from the factory floor to the field. We're hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Calibration to own our calibration systems end-to-end: algorithms, tooling, manufacturing deployment, and in-field recalibration. It's a hands-on technical leadership role, working on a humanoid that's already doing real work. Hard problems, shipped to real robots. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gTejzU-H #Agility #FutureOfWork

More than 65,000 hours of real-world operation. Not a highlight reel. Real work, on real floors, measured every day. That is the difference between a demo and a deployment. Our CTO, Pras Velagapudi, wrote down exactly what it takes to get there: an honest conversation about whether a humanoid is even the right tool, the proof-of-technology phase, on-site validation, and the 90 days of operational data you leave with. The messy details are the point. Link in comments. #Agility #DigitRobot #FutureOfWork

Tuesday's decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to address the growing national and economic security risks posed by foreign-made advanced robotic devices, including humanoids, marks an important step toward addressing those concerns before they become deeply embedded across an entire industry, much like what happened in the drone market. By adding this new category to the FCC's Covered List, the Commission has taken an important step in that direction. This decision rewards companies that have invested in building trusted domestic supply chains from the ground up and ensures that humanoid robots like Digit, which is engineered and assembled here in the US, can be deployed safely, securely, and at scale. At the same time, Agility's academic roots and continued commitment to innovation give us a deep appreciation for maintaining access to all of the tools and technologies that advance robotics research. Both of these goals can be accomplished, and we will continue to advocate for policies that simultaneously protect US security and privacy and enable continued US technology leadership. At Agility, we have spent years moving beyond the lab into real-world commercial deployments, partnering with customers to understand and meet their security requirements and operational expectations. As the commercial market continues to mature, we look forward to contributing to the growing policy discussion in Washington and helping shape a framework that strengthens American leadership while fostering continued innovation. Read the FCC's fact sheet: https://lnkd.in/guXpamhf For additional details on our policy vision, read our recent white paper, Safeguarding America's Humanoid Future: https://lnkd.in/g-HeHEuB