GXO announced that it has officially entered a multi-year agreement to deploy Agility’s Digit humanoid robot at their SPANX facility to help with a variety of repetitive tasks. Standing 5′ 9″, this bipedal robot will be launched with Agility Arc, which a cloud-based automation tool designed to simplify the deployment lifecycle, from facility mapping to operational management.
At the SPANX facility, Digit will be integrated with existing automation, including Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), and handle repetitive tasks such as moving totes from cobots and placing them onto conveyors. Under the Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) agreement, the two companies will continue to explore additional use cases and scale Digit usage to meet demand throughout the deployment.
- Build your own awesome, wearable mechanical hand that you operate with your own fingers.
- No motors, no batteries — just the power of air pressure, water, and your own hands!
- Hydraulic pistons enable the mechanical fingers to open and close and grip objects with enough force to lift them. Every finger joint can be adjusted...
We’re building on the success of last year’s groundbreaking pilot with Agility by deploying fully operational Digit humanoids into a live warehouse environment. Our R&D approach is to partner with developers all over the world to help them build and validate practical use cases that improve the working environment for our employees while optimizing operations for our customers,” said Adrian Stoch, Chief Automation Officer, GXO.
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