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Agility's cofounder said that in 2019, working with Ford, the company showed the first Digit carrying packages from a self-driving vehicle to a front porch.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“With Ford Motor Company , we showed how Digit 1 could carry packages from an autonomous vehicle to a front porch.”
What it means
Digit, from Agility Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Digit
- Agility and its customer, logistics company GXO, said they were expanding their deal to put Digit to work at more GXO warehouses, with deployments expected to begin in early 2027.
- Farm machinery maker AGCO signed an agreement with Agility to use Digit at its factory in Hesston, Kansas, in a US pilot expected to begin in 2027.
- Agility unveiled Digit 5, a new version with new legs, better batteries and a safety system meant to let it work close to people.
- SEC filings showed Agility made $1.8 million in sales in 2025, with a $140 million operating loss.
- Agility agreed to go public by merging with Churchill Capital Corp XI, a listed shell company. The deal values Agility at $2.5 billion.
- After a pilot with three robots, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada signed an agreement to deploy seven more Digits to load and unload totes.