Agility Robotics announced they closed a $20 million investment.
Agility Robotics announced they closed a $20 million investment. They will use the money to continue developing robots that can work alongside humans to automate repetitive, physically demanding, or dangerous work safely and scalably, DCVC and Playground Global co-led the round. TDK Ventures, MFV Partners, the Industrial Technology Investment Corporation, Sony Innovation Fund, and Safar Partners have also invested in the initiative.
Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot is now commercially available and has been shipping to companies since July 2020. The team's robots can handle unstructured indoor and outdoor terrain. Digit is versatile and can do a range of different jobs that have been designed around a human form factor.
"It’s never been clearer that our society’s demand for manual labor exceeds our ability to generate it safely, and it is far past time we have a solution which can work alongside humans to raise the bar on the quality of life and free up human time," said co-founder and CEO Damion Shelton.
"We’re excited to work with investors who understand our unique approach to legged locomotion, see the promise, and share our vision of robots that work in human spaces with stairs, curbs, hallways, and uneven surfaces," co-founder and CTO Jonathan Hurst added. "We look forward to accelerating the development and deployment of Digit across industries to automate some of the classic ‘Dull, Dirty, and Dangerous’ jobs that must be done in spaces designed for humans, not for robots."
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