Agility Robotics announces new features, capabilities for Digit humanoid robot

Agility Robotics, creator of the Digit humanoid robot Digit, has unveiled new capabilities and advancements that expand Digit’s work abilities for Agility’s customer base.

The company showcased these new features and upgrades at ProMat 2025 in Chicago. The conference took place from March 17-20.

New features support Digit deployments

Agility said the new features were designed in close collaboration with its customers to facility rapid and scaled Digit deployments. New features on the humanoid include:

• Expanded battery capabilities which run more efficiently and last up to four hours
• Autonomous docking onto charging station
• Streamlined manufacturing for Digit
• Additional safety features such as a Category 1 (CAT1) stop, a Safety PLC, an on-robot E-stop, wireless teach pendant with integrated E-stop and Functional Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE)
• New limbs and end effectors, giving Digit a wider range of grasping angles to unlock new use cases with expanded possibilities for manipulation

“These upgrades allow Agility to expand Digit’s capabilities to meet our expanding commercial and customer needs,” said Melonee Wise, chief product officer at Agility Robotics. “Together, they reinforce our commitment to cooperative safety, and demonstrate a path for Digit and human colleagues to one day work side by side.”

Agility said the path to widespread humanoid adoption is paved by real-world deployments. The company has deployed Digital commercially in multiple warehouses and manufacturing facilities.

AMR integration

Humanoid robots should be designed to work alongside Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), not replace them. Humanoids and AMRs have complementary strengths. Humanoids excel at complex manipulation, grasping and navigating human-centric spaces, while AMRs are masters of efficient transportation over longer distances.

Digit can autonomously dispatch an AMR to deliver items to their next location, such as pack out stations. Agility said this level of autonomy reduces the need for constant human intervention, allowing workers to focus on more complex tasks. It further maximizes the efficiency of people, existing automation and the fleet of humanoids.

As warehouse technology has evolved, AMRs have become one of the fastest-adopted automation systems in warehouse and manufacturing facilities. But, the company said this adoption has created islands of automation. Digit now successfully works with leading AMR companies.

Agility Arc for humanoid, AMR fleet management

Agility’s Arc cloud robotic platform now can deploy and talk with AMRs and their corresponding platforms by calling and dispatching AMRs to the task at hand. Digit already has been working alongside AMRs at the Digit deployment for GXO.

At ProMat 2025, Agility showcased its integration with AMRs from MiR and Zebra Technologies.

Agility Robotics said that Arc is the first humanoid fleet management system to successfully integrate and deploy humanoid robots in a commercial environment. Other new Agility Arc features include:

• Digit support
• Charger support
• Workcell EMS support
• Easy webhook integration
• Remote monitor, support, and maintenance of Digit and all accessories
• Continued and expanded Enterprise Systems Integration (MES, WMS, WES, PLC)

Enhanced safety features for Digit

Standards exist for machine and robot safety, but safety standards for Dynamically Stable Industrial Mobile Robots such as Digit that require stability and balancing are in the development stage. Agility said it is committed to pushing the industry forward with cooperative safety applications to meet the standards of OSHA-regulated environments necessary for humanoids to work alongside humans.

Digit’s latest version has new safety features that adhere to safety standards for industrial mobile robots, and represent a significant advancement toward deploying cooperative safety applications. Digit’s enhanced user interface now features at-a-glance, front and back displays that help monitor Wi-Fi status, connectivity, connection to Agility Arc, battery levels and maintenance ports making it easier to monitor and manage the robot.

Other new safety features include:

• A Category 1, or CAT1 stop, involves maintaining power to the machine actuators during the deceleration process, allowing the machine to stop smoothly and safely, before removing power.
• Safety PLC, also known as a safety programmable logic controller, is used on robots to provide safety functions that meet performance level d (PLd).
• An E-stop (emergency stop) button on a robot is a safety feature designed to immediately halt all robot movements and operations in case of an emergency. Its main purposes include preventing accidents, ensuring worker safety, complying with safety regulations, protecting equipment, providing quick response control, and more.
• FSoE (FailSafe over EtherCAT) is a safety protocol used in robotics and industrial automation to ensure safe communication between devices over an EtherCAT network. It enables the transmission of safety-critical data, such as emergency stop signals and sensor feedback, while also maintaining real-time performance.

Agility said that these features demonstrate the company’s commitment to safety and represent a step toward cooperatively safe humanoid applications with additional and continued compliance with multiple standards.