Agility Robotics’ DIGIT: The Humanoid Robot Revolutionizing Warehouse Work
DIGIT is Agility Robotics’ flagship humanoid robot, purpose-built to tackle physical work in human environments. Standing about 1.7 m tall and weighing ~64 kg reemanrobot.com, DIGIT has a human-like bipedal form factor. It walks upright on two legs, giving it the ability to traverse terrain and spaces designed for people – from ramps and doorways to narrow warehouse aisles technologymagazine.com. DIGIT’s arms serve both for balance and manipulation; they’re equipped with grippers enabling it to pick up and carry containers, boxes, and other objects up to about 35 pounds in weight reemanrobot.com. The robot’s torso contains its battery and computer “brain,” while its head is adorned with LED “eyes” that signal status and direction of movement geekwire.com – a friendly touch to make human coworkers more comfortable.
