Last year, Agility Robotics announced the construction of the world's first humanoid robot factory, the "RoboFab," to scale up production of its bipedal robot, Digit.
After a year's hiatus, Agility Robotics recently revealed an update on the plant. RoboFab is on track and Agility Robotics is on its way to the next milestone. Notably, Agility's Digit also fulfilled 10,000 orders at the GXO warehouse in August.
Agility Robotics' "RoboFab" factory, located about 30 miles from the company's headquarters in Oregon, has officially begun assembling robots. It is reported that the production capacity of the plant has reached several hundred units in the first year.
Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, said, "Digit robots have been in production for about a year. The 70,000-square-foot facility will have an annual capacity of 10,000 units, and we will achieve this goal in the coming years. "
In addition, the company has already begun testing Digit with high-profile customers such as Amazon and GXO Logistics.
Digit aims to help close the labor gap in logistics by being a human "robot colleague" responsible for repetitive and tedious manufacturing tasks such as handling, loading and unloading, and other repetitive and tedious manufacturing tasks in warehouses and factories. It has arms and legs and can do things like climb stairs, crouch down, or enter tight spaces.
"There are more than 1 million job openings in logistics alone. Robots like Digit can step in," Johnson said. "It's often a part of the job that human employees don't like. We can free up our employees and give them more time in the day to learn new skills. "
Since its inception in 2015, Agility Robotics has raised $190 million in funding and released the fourth generation of Digit in October of this year. At the same time, the team is working hard to develop the next generation of robots. "In the next generation, we will integrate so-called collaborative security, which can enable humanoid robots to work alongside humans. We're going to integrate AI more fully. Johnson said. In addition, Digit will be fully integrated with artificial intelligence and will have the ability to self-charge via a stand.
The fifth-generation Digit robot will be embedded with artificial intelligence as well as large language and robotics base models, capable of being trained in new skills, executing all-day commands, and completing tasks without human intervention.
Johnson also said that the ultimate goal of Agility is to enable robots to build their own future versions on their own.