Agility Robotics develops bipedal robots that work alongside people in logistics and warehouse environments. Its flagship product, Digit, is a human-centric, multi-purpose robot designed to integrate into spaces made for humans and take on a wide variety of tasks with minimal additional programming. Digit aims to augment the human workforce's productivity, efficiency, and wellness.

The company was founded in 2015 by CEO Damion Shelton and CTO Dr. Jonathan Hurst, who bring expertise in robotics. The company has raised over $180 million from top investors like DCVC, Playground Global, and Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund. The company is now scaling up, with a new 70,000 sq ft manufacturing facility called RoboFab opening in Oregon later this year. RoboFab will have an initial capacity of hundreds of Digit robots, with the ability to scale to 10,000+ per year. Customers in Agility's Partner Program can expect first Digit deliveries in 2024.

Joining Agility Robotics means being part of a mission-driven company that is on the cusp of deploying practical, versatile robots at scale to work alongside humans. However, Agility faces the challenge of proving Digit can handle the wide variety of tasks and unstructured environments of real-world warehouse and logistics work. The company will also need to compete with other well-funded robotics startups (e.g., Boston Dynamics and Pal Robotics) going after this large market opportunity.