What is Agility Robotics?

What is Agility Robotics?

Agility Robotics (rebranded as Agility in March 2026) is the creator of Digit, the world's first commercially deployed humanoid robot purpose-built for logistics and manufacturing work. Founded in 2015 as a spinout from Oregon State University's Dynamic Robotics Lab, the company has raised approximately $641 million across multiple rounds and reached a roughly $2.1 billion post-money valuation as of its March 2025 Series C, making it one of the most well-capitalized humanoid robotics companies globally.

Digit is a 5-foot-9, 140-pound bipedal robot that navigates standard warehouse aisles, loads and unloads totes, palletizes and depalletizes goods, and performs material handling tasks at human-scale workstations. It operates autonomously through the Agility Arc cloud platform and integrates with warehouse management systems, autonomous mobile robots, and manufacturing execution systems. In November 2025, Digit passed the milestone of moving more than 100,000 totes across real commercial operations at GXO Logistics' Flowery Branch, Georgia facility — a concrete proof point of reliability and commercial maturity no other humanoid company can claim.

Paying customers include Amazon, GXO Logistics, Schaeffler Group, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and Mercado Libre. GXO signed the industry's first multi-year humanoid RaaS agreement in June 2024; Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada signed a RaaS agreement in February 2026 for seven Digit units at its Woodstock, Ontario RAV4 plant; and Mercado Libre began deploying Digit at its San Antonio, Texas fulfillment center in late 2025. Schaeffler Group, which made a strategic minority investment in Agility in November 2024, has committed to rolling Digit out across its global network of more than 100 manufacturing plants by 2030.

Agility's March 2026 rebrand from Agility Robotics to Agility signals the company's intent to expand beyond warehouse logistics into manufacturing, supply chain, and adjacent industries. With the only bipedal humanoid robot generating revenue from productive commercial deployments as of June 2026, the company holds a structural lead in commercial track record even as better-capitalized rivals (Figure AI, Apptronik) accelerate toward commercialization.

Sources:Agility Robotics Company PageContrary Research: Agility Robotics Business BreakdownAgility's Digit Moves Beyond Pilots — Amazon, Toyota, GXODigit Passes 100,000-Tote Milestone at GXO

What does Agility Robotics offer?

Agility offers a humanoid robot platform (Digit), a fleet management cloud platform (Agility Arc), and Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) deployment packages for logistics and manufacturing environments. The next-generation Digit v5 — expected in late 2025/early 2026 — adds a 50-lb payload capacity, extended battery life, enhanced safety hardware, and new end effectors enabling broader manipulation use cases.

Sources:Digit Next Generation LaunchAgility Arc Platform InnovationsDigit v5 Specs & Capabilities

How does Agility Robotics make money?

Agility operates a dual go-to-market model: a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) subscription that bundles hardware, software, and support into a recurring fee — approximately $30 per hour of robot operation — and a direct hardware purchase option at roughly $150,000–$250,000 per unit. RaaS is the dominant and strategically preferred model.

Under RaaS, customers pay approximately $30 per hour of robot operation — benchmarked against the fully loaded cost of a human warehouse worker in the United States. Agility retains ownership of the hardware and handles maintenance, software updates via over-the-air delivery, and support. This model is structured to deliver customer ROI in under two years. The monthly fee covers the Digit unit, the dedicated work cell, and full access to the Agility Arc cloud platform. The June 2024 GXO agreement was the first multi-year humanoid RaaS deal in industry history, establishing the commercial template that subsequent customers (Schaeffler, Toyota TMMC, Mercado Libre) have followed.

At current production economics, Agility's operating cost per robot runs roughly $10–$12 per hour; the company's target at manufacturing scale is $2–$3 per hour, implying a substantial long-run gross margin as production volume increases at RoboFab. For customers preferring capital expenditure, Agility offers direct purchase of Digit units — estimates range from $150,000 per robot (base) to approximately $250,000 all-in with integration support, reflecting variation in deployment complexity — plus a separate Arc software subscription for fleet management. The Arc platform generates recurring software revenue and switching costs regardless of deployment path.

Growth is driven by deepening deployments within existing accounts (Schaeffler alone has committed to 100-plus plants by 2030), adding enterprise logos across logistics, automotive, e-commerce, and consumer goods, and scaling RoboFab production capacity toward its 10,000-unit annual ceiling. The Digit v5 generation — featuring a 50-lb payload, extended battery life, and a 10-to-1 operating-to-charging ratio versus the current 2-to-1 — directly expands the addressable use case set and improves per-robot revenue potential.

Sources:Robot Report: What It Could Cost to Hire a Digit HumanoidSacra: Agility Robotics Valuation & Business ModelGXO Signs Industry-First Multi-Year RaaS AgreementDigit v5 Capabilities — Agility

Who leads Agility Robotics?

Agility is led by CEO Peggy Johnson, a veteran tech executive from Microsoft and Magic Leap, alongside co-founders Jonathan Hurst and Damion Shelton in technical and strategic advisory roles. CTO Pras Velagapudi and CPO Melonee Wise together own the AI and product roadmap.

Sources:Agility Appoints Peggy Johnson CEOAgility Robotics Bolsters Leadership TeamAgility Robotics Strengthens Leadership Team (May 2024)Melonee Wise Joins as CTO — TechCrunch

How do you contact Agility Robotics's leadership?

The verified Agility Robotics email format is FirstName.LastName@agilityrobotics.com (confirmed by LeadIQ with 93% prevalence). Specific personal emails below follow this pattern and are not published on the company website. For press and media use the form at agilityrobotics.com/press; for sales, agilityrobotics.com/sales.

• Peggy JohnsonChief Executive OfficerPeggy.Johnson@agilityrobotics.com
• Daniel DiezChief Business OfficerDaniel.Diez@agilityrobotics.com
• Jennifer HunterChief Financial & Operating OfficerJennifer.Hunter@agilityrobotics.com
• Melonee WiseChief Product OfficerMelonee.Wise@agilityrobotics.com
• Pras VelagapudiChief Technology OfficerPras.Velagapudi@agilityrobotics.com

Sources:LeadIQ: Agility Robotics Email FormatAgility Press & Media

How much funding has Agility Robotics raised?

Agility Robotics has raised approximately $641 million across multiple identified funding rounds, most recently a $400 million Series C in March 2025 that established a post-money valuation of approximately $2.1 billion.

The company's earliest capital came from a $792,000 seed round in October 2016 led by The Robotics Hub, followed by an $8 million Series A in March 2018 led by Playground Global, with Sony Innovation Fund and The Robotics Hub co-investing. In October 2020 Agility raised $20 million — labeled Series A-4 — co-led by DCVC and Playground Global with TDK Ventures, MFV Partners, Industrial Technology Investment Corporation, Sony Innovation Fund, and Safar Partners also participating. That brought total disclosed funding to approximately $29 million pre-Series B.

The company's most consequential early raise was its $150 million Series B in April 2022, co-led by DCVC and Playground Global and joined by Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund — marking the first time Amazon backed a humanoid robotics company. An additional $25.8 million Series B extension (Series B-X) followed shortly after, bringing combined Series B capital to roughly $176 million. Two bridge tranches designated Series C-1 ($51 million) and Series C-2 ($11 million) were completed in November 2024, ahead of the main raise.

The defining round was a $400 million Series C (Series C-3) closed in March 2025, led by WP Global Partners with participation from SoftBank, Amazon's Industrial Innovation Fund, DCVC, Playground Global, and NVentures (NVIDIA's venture arm). The pre-money valuation was $1.75 billion; post-money approximately $2.1 billion. Notably, SoftBank had explored a full acquisition of Agility at a reported ~$900 million valuation in October 2025 discussions before pivoting to become a minority investor — a move that came less than two weeks after SoftBank's $5.4 billion acquisition of ABB's robotics unit. NVIDIA's participation through NVentures aligns with Agility's deep use of the Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, and Cosmos platforms.

Sources:Acquinox Capital: Agility Robotics Investor InsightsTechFundingNews: Agility Robotics $400M Series CSoftBank Acquisition Talks — Silicon FloristAgility Series B Press Release

How did Agility Robotics get here?

From a university research lab to the world's first commercial humanoid robot, Agility Robotics spent a decade moving from bipedal locomotion research to revenue-generating deployments at Fortune 500 warehouses and factories.

Sources:Agility Robotics WikipediaOpening RoboFab Press ReleaseDigit 100K Totes Milestone — Interesting EngineeringToyota TMMC RaaS Agreement — DC Velocity

Who are Agility Robotics's competitors?

Agility competes with a range of humanoid and bipedal robot makers targeting warehouse, manufacturing, and general-purpose labor automation. Its key differentiator is the longest production run with paying customers and the only 100,000-tote commercial milestone; rivals are closing fast with far larger war chests.

Sources:Sacra: Figure vs Apptronik vs Agility RoboticsFigure AI $39B Valuation — Intel CapitalApptronik $520M Series A Extension — CNBC