Meet Digit, World’s First Human-Centric, Multi-Purpose Robot made for Logistics Work – Agility Robotics
Agility Robotics is eager to reveal the next generation of Digit robots, the first human-centric, multi-purpose robots for warehouse jobs. Digit is developed from the ground up to go where someones go and do practical work safely in spaces designed for people, beginning with bulk handling in warehouses and stores.
“We revealed the world’s first bi-pedal robot with a human form factor designed for work three years ago. Since then, our product has proven to be quite popular among multinational logistics firms seeking our counsel to leverage Digit to streamline warehouse operations and boost supply chain efficiencies. We developed the next generation of Digit with those consumer use cases in mind,” said Damion Shelton, co-founder, and CEO of Agility Robotics.
Warehouse work has many process-automated, repetitive jobs that usually lead to damage and high turnover, leaving expensive gaps in the workforce that snarl supply chains. While automation can assist in filling those gaps, existing automation solutions are generally single-purpose, suggesting companies have to onboard and sustain dozens of different solutions for different tasks or need expensive customization to the workspace.
Robots for warehouse
Digit is multi-purpose, so it can execute various tasks and adapt to many additional workflows; a fleet of Digits can change between applications relying on current warehouse necessities and seasonal shifts. Because Digit is also human-centric, representing the size and build of a human, and is made to work in spaces prepared for people, it is comfortable to deploy into current warehouse operations and as-built infrastructure without costly retrofitting.
“Supply chains are still probing the aftereffects of the pandemic, and the need for warehouse work far surpasses available talent. Businesses are shifting to automation now more than ever to help mitigate future disruptions. With logistics workforce problems such as high turnover, burnout, and harm to rise, we accept Digit as the future of work,” continued Shelton. “We look forward to Digit augmenting workforces, taking on the ‘dull, dirty, and dangerous’ tasks, and permitting people to concentrate on more creative and complicated work. We like to think of Digit as allowing humans to be more human.”
Agility is extending up a limited numeral of spots in the Agility Partner Program (APP) for forward-thinking businesses that want to deploy Digit in their storehouse and supply chain operations. Through on-site visiting and reliable engineering resources, Agility will perform closely with APP partners to comprehend their warehouse workflows and pain points and explain how Digit can help those issues beginning with tote movement and manipulation. APP participants can affect the development of new skills and capabilities for Digit based on their real-world use cases. Also, APP participants will get only early access to the unique Digit before it is commercially available.
Agility’s decades of groundbreaking research, development, and scientific breakthroughs have yielded various dynamic mobility and manipulation capabilities. This pioneering technology allows Digit to efficiently navigate barriers and traverse uneven terrain in different human environments while quickly moving objects. Among the most thrilling updates in the next generation of Digit are newly developed end effectors, or hands, that are optimized for grabbing and carrying plastic totes typically found in e-commerce and shipping storehouses and a head and eyes to enhance human-robot interaction.
“We’ve discovered so much regarding how robots can engage with the human workforce and work naturally in human environments, and we can’t wait to witness the positive impact that the new Digit will have in the world,” said Jonathan Hurst, co-founder and CTO of Agility Robotics. “When people and robots work together in logistics operations, working conditions improve for people; warehouse efficiency improves overall, the supply chain moves more smoothly – everybody wins.”
