Analysis:
Digit incorporates decades of research, development, and scientific breakthroughs in mobility and manipulation from Agility’s team. This allows the robot to navigate obstacles, dynamically balance and walk around its environment while carrying light payloads. Humanoid robots have existed for a number of years now, but none have been designed and sold to industrial customers to perform useful tasks. Any humanoid that’s been commercially sold has targeted research labs. Digit is the first humanoid to be sold commercially with the goal of performing tasks for customers. To help engineer these capabilities and scale the company, Agility raised a $150 million Series B funding round in April 2022. The round was led by DCVC and Playground Global, but it also included participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. - Steve Crowe