Agility Robotics’ Digit starts its shift the same way it ends one: in a custom-fitted transport case, plugged in and charging. Before it can get to work, it unplugs its own charging cable, sits up, and stands on its own, no help from a human required. The light patterns on its face activate as it powers up, giving a clear visual cue that the robot is ready to go.
Digit stands 1.75 meters tall, weighs 65 kg, and can carry up to 16 kg. It walks at up to 5 km/h and runs on a battery that lasts up to four hours per charge. Agility Robotics, based in Salem, Oregon, has logged over 65,000 hours of real production use with Digit across commercial warehouse deployments.
Digit is the first humanoid robot deployed under a commercial Robots-as-a-Service model, meaning companies pay to use it like a subscription rather than buying it outright. It is already working in real logistics facilities alongside human workers, handling repetitive tasks in environments built for people. The self-startup routine is part of that design philosophy: a robot that can manage itself from the moment it comes off charge.