Agility's humanoid robots are going to handle your Spanx

Up to now, the humanoid robotics industry has been all promises and pilots. While important in the eventual deployment of new technology, these programs involve a small number of robots and often don't graduate into anything more meaningful. On Thursday, however, Agility announced that it has entered into a formal deal following a successful pilot with logistics giant GXO.

Digit's first job will be moving plastic totes around a Georgia Spanx factory - which is most definitely not a euphemism. Neither party has revealed precisely how many of the bipedal robots will be pulling boxes off cobots and placing them onto conveyor belts, which likely means the figure is still on the small side. When we're talking tens or hundreds of thousands, the parties involved would typically be eager to share that info.d.