Agility Robotics: The Next Steps

[@techman2553]

Suggestion: There are lots of videos of bipedal robots walking around with a box. They all have the look of a polished demo using a prototype. If you want to show something much more impressive, how about a time-lapse video of many hours of Digit autonomously breaking down pallets at a loading dock, walking back and forth from stock shelving, and putting everything away, again, and again, and again. There is nothing like that out there, and that would make headlines: A bipedal robot actually doing a person's job for a full shift. Otherwise it just looks like a really expensive toy.

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

They won't, the battery life on those things is incredibly short and lifting heavy boxes costs a lot of energy. They'd need to have a system where they have replaceable powerbanks in the wall that can take their used one and replace it with a fully charged one.

[@BHBalast]

@@KiLLJoYKZbin 2-3 hours (the actual Digit battery run time) should do the trick. Also no one would mind if there would be 2 robots, one would work while second is charging.

[@Yewbzee]

@@BHBalast the customer's bank manager would mind! I think wall racked replaceable batteries would be the answer. When the robot senses its getting low on juice it walks across and replaces its battery. Would only take a couple of minutes and then its back at work.

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

BHBalast is that battery time taking into account the effort required to pick up boxes? There’s a reason why robots haven’t replaced humans yet. You would definitely have a replacement battery.

[@BHBalast]

@@KiLLJoYKZbin Yes, it takes it into account, the info is from Agility's comment somewhere in this comment section.

[@Groaznic]

"Cassie was just a pair of legs" -- yeah, any of the boys who knew her down at the pub could have told you that.

[@alexhetherington8028]

🤣

[@akshayelangovan7764]

😂😂

[@jasonshere]

😆😂🤣

[@topcommentor1655]

stop objectifying Cassie

[@unitedspacepirates9075]

Lol, shes just a uterus to utilize...

[@BuildingCenter]

Slick retro-futurist design.

[@thediplomasta5891]

1992: How could they make the terminator any more horrifying? 🤔 2020: pastel colors, knees backwards, and we'll make it look headless. 😁

[@hvanmegen]

yes, and slowly killing you by taking your jobs, leaving you in poverty, surviving on low quality food that erodes your health and makes you suffer even harder.. instead of ending your suffering with a swift and painless death...

[@thediplomasta5891]

@@hvanmegen I'm sure that will be an available option soon. "Children of men" suicide kits.

[@ABW941]

There actually is a t800 model without a head, made for psychological warfare, i just dont know if it is canonical or not.

[@thediplomasta5891]

@@ABW941 but I don't need a robot that look like a nightmare! Can't I just get a Rosie?!

[@ABW941]

@@thediplomasta5891 Yes, i hope so, but there is a difference between a houshold robot and a death machine built by a malevolent AI.

[@chungdha]

Let the Robots Fight Tournament begin!

[@rohizzle]

Let’s get Atlas vs Digit vs Asimo (Honda)

[@Mark73]

Absolutely not. Be nice to them and stay on their good side.

[@TomYourmombadil]

I’d be much more interested in parkour or a sort of race over various terrains

[@yogadgsix]

@@rohizzle dont forget walker from ub tech

[@seanregehr4921]

Sure the fully trained versions can come oppress you and your family first since you love the idea.

[@uncleiroh4650]

All those Amazon employees protesting not gonna like how wide Jeff’s smiles is right about now

[@michaelspicer672]

Jeff Bezos, is going to like this

[@helper_bot]

weren't it be your own fault you can only do lift and put job, a very simple task that robots do since the evolution of industrialization? also i heard some abused amazon employees stories-- and i am aware this might not be true, but wouldn't this innovation make their life better?

[@SMGJohn]

@@helper_bot You do realise that replacing low wage paying jobs will happen under Capitalism whether you like it or not, this also means all those HUNDREDS of millions of people will be jobless, thats gonna fuel revolutionary potential even more, I vote put more robots into production we need more people who can bear guns and have a lot of pent up anger that can be directed by the committee in the right direction.

[@dionagona8205]

Everyone better start becoming a technician.. it’s machine time

[@SMGJohn]

@Daniel Davidson Good luck with that, I bet they put you on a treadmill with that bootlicking attitude of yours.

[@MachineThatCreates]

Atlas would pick this thing up and use it as a tennis racquet.

[@dynamicgecko1213]

That is correct. But for the user, it's not all about peak level skill/power. It's mostly about cost and revenue per unit. If currenlty Atlas is the best, but Digit is good enough and costs less, it will take the market. Plus, Atlas is not an end product yet but these guys seem to be ready to sell.

[@MachineThatCreates]

@@dynamicgecko1213 totally different units obviously. Atlas may never make mass market while these things can become quite ubiquitous.

[@NoBody-xx6ii]

@@dynamicgecko1213 grand slam

[@dgd947a15fl]

Atlas will fill a valid market, but I don't think most uses for humanoid robots will actually require elaborate feats of athleticism like what Atlas can do.

[@MachineThatCreates]

@@dgd947a15fl wait till sex robots are fully available,let's see how'athletic' they are.

[@someguy6924]

"and you're gonna see Digit replace all these humans in this video.."

[@someguy6924]

@thatguyoverthere lol also here 2:41 and here 2:46

[@GabrielGABFonseca]

This video is really really well produced - good job to the video/marketing team!

[@TulioSounds]

It's not that good. Very everage video.

[@OCPyrit]

The music is cheap and cringe.

[@quabiloyoink]

@@TulioSounds yo do I live under a rock? Is everage a new word??

[@TulioSounds]

@@quabiloyoink my phone's auto correct doesn't like English

[@quabiloyoink]

@@TulioSounds oh rip

[@dramaqueen4640]

Usa army: Come to papa

[@DocMustafa]

“Hmmm....yeah ima need one with a M134 mini gun on the top of its head.”

[@fpgamachine]

hahaha

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Nah. Humans are still cheaper to equip.

[@nat0106951]

humans are way cheaper than 250kusd 😅

[@axel3895]

@@nat0106951 lol no, avg salary upwards of $50_$60k plus medical benefits, different types of allowance and huge cost of training them it punches way above 1.5 million dollars

[@cyphre]

Love that enamel green, feels like the 60's retro future. Hope to see it doing something a bit more useful in the future!

[@martiddy]

Boston Dynamics: "Finally!, a worthy opponent!"

[@jamrotay]

How many hours of average box stacking could Digit do before it will need to recharge itself?

[@AgilityRobotics]

2-3 hours at the current battery capacity. With a 1C charge rate, this gives us nominal 2:1 duty cycle, or about 16 hours of operations per day.

[@RazorSkinned86]

​@@AgilityRobotics No plans to make the battery modular and mounted on the back of the robot to enabled hotswapping of battery packs from a wall mounted charger?

[@AgilityRobotics]

Modular batteries are tricky to do well. Thermal management, charge control, and safety rating are all easier if you're able to use the structure of the robot as opposed to having the battery standalone. The pack is of course field swappable for service reasons.

[@hawk0485]

Could you just plug it in and connect the cable to a ceiling grid so the cable can slide around on the ceiling and the robot can move around the wearhouse freely and work 24/7?

[@AgilityRobotics]

To maintain a common platform for indoor and outdoor tasks we've been hesitant to use any form of tether (other than safety tethers during prototype testing). Early versions of the ATRIAS robot, prior to 2015, used a shore power connection, but all versions of Cassie and Digit have run from internal batteries.

[@vitorsinventions]

Im brazilian, 13 years old and i love this robots...my hobby is build robots with arduino and some day i hope to work with this incredible projects !

[@BHBalast]

You will, you just need to learn ;). There is plenty material on the internet, at least in English. Books, articles, blogs etc.

[@vitorsinventions]

@@BHBalast thanks man

[@oshiba8860]

donkey

[@yuanchang3238]

Fantastic production values on your video. Several suggestions on how to succeed going forward from a tech specialist and social media guy: Present Digit in an environment with humans. Civilians. People who are not just scientists and assembly workers and representatives. The public needs to be charmed and reassured that Digit is friendly and can not only negotiate a world of 1's and 0's, but also negotiate a world of human subtleties and social behaviors. Don't make companies connect the dots themselves. You're the experts, you're the hype, you have to show Digit moving boxes in an assembly line, doing jobs that are hazardous or exhaustive to do, making deliveries without the fear of corona, etc. Again, working along side everyday people. Also, invest in social media in a bigger way. This video is fantastic, and the optics on Facebook and other social media don't match up. This video should be getting millions of views. Just a few weeks ago, a cellphone video of Boston Dynamic's Spot stole the show with millions of views, and it had nothing to do with production value. It had everything to do with promotion on social media, and showing people interacting with the robot in an everyday situation. Hope this helps, Keep up the amazing pioneering work.

[@Matthew-zx8cs]

The compact form factor really gives it a leg up on atlas. She may not dance as well but the simplicity and design efficiency allow her to succeed where others have failed. Namely, price and accessibility to the consumer. Fantastic work

[@bytemevv-4616]

*HUSBAND:* _Did the package arrive!?_ *WIFE:* _NO, I didn't see the iMail Robo-Man™ yet!_

[@F4ngel]

For a second I thought this was in a sci-fi film but it's real life. What a time to be alive.

[@Frack_Black]

When those robots can build more robots.... that's the robot I want.

[@Ohmriginal722]

That's the robots that Skynet takes over to rule the world

[@chaosamethyst8436]

*Laughs in age of ultron*

[@mpproducer2544]

That's even close that we can imagine, have you ever seen the robot thing that builds the Tesla cars?

[@wickedprophet2375]

So you don’t know about X-men?

[@ReeseL4D]

Robot A to Robot B: Which human do you want?

[@Braxtonhawkins]

Seeing this robot really makes me appreciate our hamstrings. They are incredibly robust.

[@Undy1]

Honestly really good job Agility Robotics! Obviously everyone is going to compare these to Boston Dynamics Atlas but I actually really like this design just as much - it's not as "advanced" in terms of performance and capabilities but I also see that it's not trying to be. It seems that you took a different route of creating a simpler, more reliable and cheaper (not in a bad way though) bipedal robot rather than a state-of-the-art parkour machine :) Everything about the construction of Digit screams to me simplicity and ease of manufacture while at the same time it looks really sturdy and well put together. I wonder if making the legs digitigrade was easier than plantigrade? (talking about the number of joints below the hip - plantigrade having two and digitigrade or unguligrade having three). I think the only problem I personally have with the legs is how exagerated the bend is - it extends really far backwards - I bet that's for added leverage? And finally was digitigrade the inspiration for the robot's name?

[@exorider1262]

This is absolutely amazing. I can only imagine what else is going to be created within my lifetime.

[@omnianti0]

surely more useless thing again because who ever will spend 100k$ on it or on amzon delivrey drones that a joke bubble

[@richardson100489]

"Hi, my name is Digit. I'm the android sent by Cyberlife."

[@omnianti0]

they must make it look like barbie it have the same degree of usefullness

[@Zoza15]

Agility Robotics actually, not Cyberlife.

[@omnianti0]

@@Zoza15 the agility seem not present

[@Zoza15]

@@omnianti0 Not yet at least XD.

[@bigred8438]

This is a really positive direction for robotics. It is even more confidence boosting because it can't hold a weapon (unless it gets different arms).

[@90days90]

ok, now the future has arrived. if anyone was wondering.

[@bshugks4350]

Need to weaponize them

[@cantseewhatcantbeseen4485]

It's been here for a while actually

[@cantseewhatcantbeseen4485]

@Terminator Waifu News fair point, it's not here just yet and it's not coming fast enough!

[@cantseewhatcantbeseen4485]

@Terminator Waifu News yeah it does make me wonder sometimes. I think the human form is decent for getting things done but it would be much better to see the custom designed tools they need to actually get things done, it's not like you can just buy a robot and tell it to put up a fence or paint a wall. Regardless, I want my robo cat girl and I want it now.

[@ZackWolfMusic]

No the future is still stagnant especially with robots, now days TECHNOLOGY is hold back for years so when new technology arrives it's called innovation when in fact the new technology is old technology that should have been out years ago!

[@afallingtree9114]

the marketing team did a top notch job on this one and im super interested in whats to come from this company.

[@OmegaSounds]

And now the guys in the back room will have more time to work on their screen plays

[@HansMilling]

The final clip with the robot on the bridge looks so unreal, something from a sci-fi movie. As a software developer it would be awesome to work on stuff like this or just borrow one for a few months to play with programming or learning new skills.

[@ZeroRyoko]

This looks very good, I would like to know what is the Carrying capacity of this robot? How long would it take to empty a standard U.S. pallet (48" x 40") about 10 - 12 boxes moving them about 25 - 50ft, Given current battery life how many robots would i need to keep 4 bays working 24/7. Also how much set up time is required, and how long to repurpose to other jobs. What is the usefull life between maintainance cycles and how long would maintainance take?

[@ZeroRyoko]

Are these robots autonomous or do they require supervision? if so how many robots per person. Do they opperate like a roomba vacuum returning to an individual station to recharge? is that process autonomous or does it require an operator?

[@AgilityRobotics]

A mix of autonomous and supervised human-in-the-loop at the moment; moving towards higher levels of autonomy over time. Charging is manual plug-in at the moment since we chose to use a COTS charger for ease of support. Your other questions are good ones but hard to answer in KZbin comments - feel free to ping our sales line for a more in depth conversation.

[@ZeroRyoko]

@@AgilityRobotics Thank you.

[@fleshtorpedo]

Looking forward to seeing where these go. I see teams of these doing lawncare and construction, managed by a pairs of educated human operators!

[@Pyriphlegeton]

Wonderful! Thank you for advancing our society beyond the need for humans to do boring manual work. Robots empower humans to pick up more meaningful and rewarding professions.

[@lesstevens2370]

Yes if humanity owns it and not just a few other wise it will probably look like that movie with Matt damon (elysium)

[@TubbyMopho-w5w]

good but people gonna be out of jobs. humans dont like change, they are lazy.

[@lesstevens2370]

@@TubbyMopho-w5w no they turn lazy when they have no resources to do anything with

[@lesstevens2370]

If all you could is play video games and watch TV and spend the remaining time working would u give up.. it's not a choice it's more of a limited choices

[@scout2nut]

"work" is rewarding, not everyone can or wants to be a part of your small list of rewarding professions, the welfare slums in the cities as well as the trailer park bums in the country are proof that a good chunk of the population will fall thru that crack and these robots can and will supplant them. I work on machines, it is very complex, detailed work and is also very manual, most of the world doesn't run out of some cubicle side office, its out there where people are sweating and moving.

[@APACHE888able]

Indeed...I’m so Grateful for all of them.. Thank you so much for sharing and posting very much appreciated.,

[@emanuelederiu5154]

"You can use robot for indoor or outdoor delivery" ten seconds later use human for delivery. We are still valuable!

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

"still"

[@scout2nut]

the sad thing is, be it robot or drone delivery, they will only be used in areas where the safety of the VERY expensive robot can be managed, so only very selective neighborhoods and not "in da hood" or "up some holler in the country", humans will "still" be delivering for a long time to come.

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

@@scout2nut Same goes for every major invention for the past 200 years. And all gave become mainstream for the vast majority of people. This effect is already in place since the industrial revolution. What once took 10 laborer now takes 3 laborer and 2 technicians.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

That moment when you realize how absurd it sounds that in the areas where it's too dangerous to send an expensive robot, you send a human.

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

@@SherrifOfNottingham median industrial revolution all over again? Machines have been far more valuable than humans to them too.

[@shmookins]

This looks affordable to mass produce. Best of luck to everyone in the team. Very promising stuff.

[@JBB685]

It’s going to take a *lot* of process change in order to have these useful in the warehouse where I work. But soon, hopefully!

[@omnianti0]

@@keyboardt8276 not evryone is an empty cardbox lifter worker mate

[@ZackWolfMusic]

There are much more advance warehouses robots then what we see here! Ones that can drive fork lifts, lift anything up, do anything a warehouse worker can do and then some. Warehouse Jobs by humans will be replaced by Ai bots and the humans new job tittle will be warehouse robotic technician!

[@omnianti0]

@@ZackWolfMusic amazon ue them by hundreds in their warhouse but not the walking design kind and dont say it took amazon jobs

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@@omnianti0 Amazon could replace it's workers with bots but it won't happen anytime soon because the technology and money to do so will take time.

[@omnianti0]

@@ZackWolfMusic their is no point to replace all the workers if this cost more look at the car product chain with 48 robot arms for make mercedes sucv their is few step of workers because they just place some bar and it had cost an extra robot arm for this task who deserve no accuracy or force

[@sergedawg]

Congrats on reaching production, that's a big milestone!

[@markstumbris4453]

Can one carry me around, I've been using my legs for 56 years like an ape?

[@cherylm2C6671]

I can't see why a 'Cassie' could not be a mobility chassis. Wheelchairs are overdue for redesign. Robots as prosthetics are baked science and doable now.

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Robots can carry any amount they are built to carry the weight capacity a robot can carry can be endless depending on the robot, so if you want a robot to carry you like a baby it sure could do it!

[@cherylm2C6671]

@@ZackWolfMusic Well, then. Here goes!

[@beckyboop3517]

Yes seen one on a video yesterday. You kinda wear it like a suit and it has great strength

[@VincentNacon]

What's wrong with the scooter or powered-wheelchair?

[@MisterTroglodyte]

Are there any plans for adding waist movement as a degree of freedom in the next version? Or a “face”/screen for visual feedback of what the robot is “thinking about”/processing in its environment? Things like Noticing an obstacle with an attentive gaze, serene expression for working as predicted, a smile for a job completed, a look of surprise when suddenly caught off guard, brief eye contact to acknowledge an oncoming person, eyes shifting to the left or right in advance of turning left or right (like the old pac-man ghost eyes! ^_^). I would guess that that would help people predict the robot’s immediate future behavior more.

[@BuioPestato]

I have a great idea! Teach digit to bring out the dog! I would pay for that kind of ability! I need to get a dog first tough.

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

why get a robot and a dog in the first place then?

[@beckyboop3517]

Part of the joy of owning a dog is, the wonderful walks you have together. so what you are saying is utterly bizarre.

[@morkovija]

the music selection really carries the deus-ex vibe and i like that!

[@shijielin7465]

The head is a LiDAR, xD

[@omnianti0]

surely but this have the same capability on ground that an 1kilo mini tank so its pointless

[@lordflashheart3680]

So now we have robots that can perform tasks very simple for humans in double the amount of time and at 100 times the cost of just hiring someone to do said tasks. Its a nice first step - "keep banging the rocks together guys".

[@Saint_Vincent1735]

Could see one of these bringing people out of a burning building

[@germancarrasco2028]

I could see others taking evicted people out of apartments and others shooting at unemployed protesters... Unless this technology is used for all humans instead of for a few.

[@Saint_Vincent1735]

@@germancarrasco2028 all technology must be used thoughtfully and responsibly. A man can kill with a hammer or build a house. It is Our duty a dictate how things are used and by whom. All men and women.

[@germancarrasco2028]

@@Saint_Vincent1735 Technology should make the life of all humans easier, not compete against them.

[@Saint_Vincent1735]

@@germancarrasco2028 well there's some truth in that but we are commenting on a programable bipedal machine that operates specific commands. We are some distance from a working A.I. I think.

[@slyseal2091]

@@germancarrasco2028 We should ban hammers then

[@hoptanglishalive4156]

Did anyone else see that crazy design at 1:46 ?!? I'm telling you, the future is mind-blowing.

[@hoptanglishalive4156]

T2 is an emu!

[@metaphysicalArtist]

It has a neck (styled) and not a basic moving head (Star Wars, C-3PO) with a simple mouth for emotions like "I'm active" or just smiling ☺ as it's in operation task mode, robot or not, Hollywood taught the world for decades that bots and robots have eyes and a mouth, let's make these visually more human friendly. Workers are going to feel uncomfortable with them at some point in a blue collars work day!

[@kushkiller7108]

Nobody will be worried about that when robots are killing us

[@hootsmin]

You can stick some googley eyes on it if you fancy.

[@artbyrobot1]

This is exciting progress guys! Makes me want to work on my robot projects badly! Can't wait till I get the free time again!

[@MichelleFrets]

what are your thoughts on the impending collapse of the labour markets when the robots truly begin doing work? the whole idea is to eliminate labour, but who will benefit from that?

[@ogx4185]

No one cares

[@MichelleFrets]

@@ogx4185 :(

[@kullykekaula1115]

While it doesn't answer the full scope of your question, the question you're asking has been one in circulation since the First Industrial Revolution. The short answer is that based on the history of labor automation over the last 200+ years, new industries and fields of labor have always been developed that trend the labor market towards equilibrium and as a consequence result in the greater production of wealth. I don't think there is any more reason now to believe that trend will end.

[@theodorekalfagiannis7506]

Jobs will end, new jobs will form, probably higher-paying jobs too. Hopefully, in 200+ years we can slowly start moving towards a society that doesn't need to work, and instead chooses to work, ofc nothing crazy, but basic living expenses such as rent and food being covered without having to work would be the goal.

[@niccolabryer]

I love the exterior design but how well do you think most workers would react to this? Personally I would be very comfortable having digit around but some may not. Perhaps make him a little less industrial looking. Mainly I think adding a bit more of a head would be good. Or maybe that could be up to the consumer. Love this!

[@beckyboop3517]

Oh no. No heads, they are scary enough as it is. That Atlas from Boston Dynamics is super scary 😬😳😧

[@Romeroifly]

GREAT now i can have a robot pick my empty carboard box

[@William_ar98]

People probably made similar comments when the wrights brother flew for the first time. Look at aircrafts now vs then. Now imagine these robots in 10-20 years. Yea you aint gonna be writing stupid comments then...

[@DoctorNemmo]

William Arvidsson Never mind; he made me laugh out loud.

[@Romeroifly]

@@William_ar98 you missed the point,the comment is now not then,the robots are now not then.

[@Romeroifly]

@@William_ar98 your IQ is negative

[@HVM_fi]

@@Romeroifly Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder!

[@tylerdurden2424]

I like how every single new video of robots is always just the robot walking and carrying boxes....empty boxes I'll add. I think we still have a good couple years of hard work, people!

[@frankinbeetle2494]

What's digits maximum weight it can carry??

[@omnianti0]

seem to be about a single kilo

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Robots are programmed to carry any amount weight the robotic engineer wants it to carry! So bots can carry weight of a car with hand if there were bots to do that!

[@omnianti0]

@@ZackWolfMusic we are not discussing here how to design a robot but about this one that show in this video maybe you have to watch it too and actually their is not walking robot that lift cars by hands

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@@omnianti0 Don't matter what is being talked about in this comment section people are free to say what the fck they want. And there are robots that stand up and carry cars with their hand or hands www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/video-watch-giant-robot-hand-3460451.amp

[@omnianti0]

@@ZackWolfMusic the video you linked not show a mobile robot even less walking so you can ever argument where what you want but its not logic if you want discusss robotic design make it in a robotic design video their are a bunch or at least in a thread where its about robot in general here he just asked how much this one lift so dont be mansplaning us

[@DeZiio]

We should all want the help of digit to do the jobs of people. It'd be nice to just be able to chill and explore life while the machine help us produce things for us we need to continue that trend

[@0heck]

Unemployment: 70%.

[@davidcripps3011]

Very worrying!

[@demmersify]

They said that about the computer.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

I mean we've been leaking jobs out of the economy for a while now, and AI is VERY different from just a computer which still needs an operator, a machine that performs complex tasks repetitively. An AI can write stories, an AI can replace an office worker, or several at once. An AI can replace call centers, an AI is literally an artificial human brain. The last useful part of a human. It's different this time, don't pretend that when we have robots that can do everything for us, that there will still be jobs for a human to do.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

You're assuming that 70% of workers do what these robots intend to do.

[@Zoza15]

@@SherrifOfNottingham I think regarding the creative part of the A.I is to support humans, not to take over just because its more advanced, And A.I can assist in finding solutions as human creativity can be a input we as humans recognize.. A.I will change a lot things, but regarding automation of simple annoying jobs or jobs nobody wants to do like construction is all being developed to replace humans. Humans can do things that are useful for themselves.

[@ursamajor5107]

I'm very happy and impressed by what these creators have done with technological advances. How does the ethical case work for having robots replace human beings in meaningful, paid work and industry hold up? Secondly, has there ever been a case in history where technology like this was not eventually weaponised? That is not to say that this type of pathway should never be explored or developed, only that the moral and ethical basis is developed in tandem. For those who might think the abuse of robotics and AI is a ridiculous notion, I met one of the leading AI authorities back in 2012 (he was working on the creation of the World's first artificial brain in a Beijing project ) at the time. This very interesting gentlemen (who was indeed one of the 4 top AI exponents on the planet) stated to me that abuse, and eventual weaponisation of robotic systems and AI was inevitable and that due caution was being ignored.

[@percival7754]

does it come with gamer girl feet?

[@sjfoubert]

“...because this is our world.” Famous last words. 😬

[@sapitron]

I'm so excited for a new era of massive unemployment!! great!!

[@omnianti0]

yes all th empty cardbox lifter will loose their jobs

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

If you're afraid that a mindless robot that can carry boxes will take your job, then I have terrible news for you...

[@omnianti0]

@@DonVigaDeFierro sry my job is not to carry empty cardbox

[@ezravandermeer2728]

Honestly it sounds great just so long as we react properly to the unemployment

[@FBPrepping]

This is becoming more and more interesting. I grew up in the 80s, where the Ultima robot was breakthrough technology. Now any toy connected to a cellphone has way more functions. I'm preparing my kid for the world he's going to find, which is going to be much more different to the one we GenX knew. I can't wait to see it. And by the way that reference to I,Robot on the bridge was SOO COOOL...!

[@TheAstronomyDude]

1:30 Does that mean Unbox Therapy is getting one !?!?

[@JJs_playground]

Hahaahaha.. well they got a spot mini, so for sure they should get this.

[@HelamanGile]

You now need to have these robots build your robots

[@SurvivalSavvvy]

The food stamp line just got a whole lot longer.

[@Pyriphlegeton]

We are currently reducing the amount of work humans have to do. Now de have to think about how de handle a society in Which work becomes unnecessary. Not solving these problems is not the way.

[@xsuploader]

considering they only make like 40 of these a year (possibly a lot more now with the new funding ) no it isnt maybe in 30-40 years when the tech gets way better and cheaper.

[@SwankeyMonkey]

The first company to make a real life General Grievous robot is the winner in my book.

[@wilsonsemilio1276]

"because this is our world". What an arrogant statement.

[@s4098429]

It’s not arrogance of it’s true.

[@bootlegcaesar7481]

How's that arrogant? It is objectively true. No species is as far developed, as well adapted and as widely spread around the planet as the human species.

[@wilsonsemilio1276]

@@bootlegcaesar7481 Because it's the single statement that will be the downfall of humanity. We depend greatly on our surroundings, yet we treat them with such disrespect as if we could live perfectly without them. It is not our world. It is the world of every single living organism.

[@bootlegcaesar7481]

@@wilsonsemilio1276 yes but the world being our property does not mean we should and would not take care of it

[@geordonworley5618]

That is a surprisingly small investment round for something that seems like it would have such high capex and market potential. Amazing that on such little money it was possible to start making all these and shipping them.

[@ShikamaruXT]

"There might be no future. Because the future is now." Imagine hiking somewhere. You got your Digit with you with solar panels for charge. Your phone breaks as you fall over some rocks and hurt your leg. Call Digit and tell him it's an emergency. He runs off and gets help, or helps carrying you to safety. There is a wide array of uses for robots, we just have to find them. I hope we get our future under control, so i might be seeing this one day.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

Kinda have to figure out how to have an economy work when almost all work is done for humanity by robots and AI. Otherwise only asset owners will be able to see that future, working and middle class people will simply end up jobless and homeless.

[@ddfwaj]

@@SherrifOfNottingham I'm just happy I will be long gone before that happens LOL

[@ZackWolfMusic]

The future is stagnant for robots what you are saying about robots being capable of helping someone out in the middle of no where should already exist right now to consumers but it don't! As for batteries and life expectancy on a single charger well there is TECHNOLOGY that is out where robots c don't ever have to be charged...

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@@SherrifOfNottingham Working and middle class people will new jobs such as warehouse robotic technician, or something to do with robots also not all jobs will be replaced by Robots or Ai just few of em.

[@gazikutbay3731]

state of art robots are wonderful. I love it

[@solotrench6372]

Officially we are ready for a Black mirror episode

[@Waltham1892]

This is going to end in tears.

[@rpyrat]

The fact that it's legs are jointed like Xavier renegade angel's is a plus

[@strategicgamer1466]

Amazing advances in Robotics. I hope I can buy an efective nursing robot in 10 years if I can still be alive. Or maybe I could at least buy a robbot house keeper that can load my dish washer, load and unlad washine machine and mow my lawn. Wou;d it be nice? Maybe the robot can also call for an ambulance when I have an emergency. Also a self driving car!

[@arinasan247]

Fascinating and terrifying at the same time

[@TikiShootah]

Congratulations! Cannot believe how far you guys have come, also cant believe how many of us were there, when it was just a chicken named Cassie :P

[@octillionproductions]

I'm glad they at least allow the robot to take a short break to hike down to the river in-between deliveries

[@chaosnoob1125]

i am glad they got this far already i hope to one day make my own robot that will be as smart us, the future is looking brighter every day. Oh and also great job agility robotics this really puts my dream one step closer to reality

[@omnianti0]

it will look even more brighter when the robot will have an nuclear engine

[@i_am_a_real_cat1443]

robot are taking our jobs

[@serenity2919]

Marselluz everyone will see when its too late. This robot is designed to take jobs

[@Iznikroc]

The US is leading in robotics with actual robots hitting the market.

[@dm3on]

You guy's should partner with Kevin Czinger (Czinger 21C the morphologically engineered car) to build robots and finally make Skynet a reality.

[@templarhelmet3844]

can you smell that? _sniff_ that's the smell of us getting closer to the robot uprising.

[@olliveiromcallister6517]

Created By Agility Robotics: The Future Next Generation Steps

[@ImprovingAbility]

Would be interesting to see a robot that is built like a human (or at least in a computer simulation) and see how it learns and optimises movements, and moves. Void of an emotional history, void of cultural context, void of specialisation, it would be really interesting to see how an "ideal human" would move, what pathways and trajectories he would take, at what speeds, as opposed to us.

[@RiftVaulter]

Interesting! Is battery power the biggest limiter of the bot? Or would you say problems like infrastructure should be dealt with first? Awesome vid! :)

[@weerobot]

Digit...Awesome Work Guys...

[@loo5erArkitekt]

2021 is gonna be fun

[@MC_148]

Give it fingers while you're at it, so it can firmly pick stuff up. I've seen this laser charging tech around some time ago. Basically the idea was that the laser charging station would be mounted somewhere on the ceiling and it could charge anything in it's LOS. That'd be pretty neat for a robot to have a charging capability this way. No needing to dock it somewhere to charge or have a cable tethered from somewhere, just have it loiter around in the laser's LOS and it'll charge. Or better yet, have multiple lasers set up, so where ever it goes it'll stay charged.

[@seanfinlayson8633]

Really interesting and great progress. One point I have to make is that digit is way to slow. His movements are not nearly quick enough and I suspect his reaction time to sudden stimuli is likewise sluggish. These are areas I'm sure they are working on.

[@alexanerose4820]

Do you guys have plans to try different leg types? Like giving it a horse leg and make it like a centaur or forward-facing humanoid legs or even (and arguably the craziest one) four giant spider legs? Or if you have tried them or thought about them what were the results and/or problems?

[@buddhikawarnakulasooriya8692]

Really impressive work. Congratulations

[@mysticmarble94]

👏 Boston Dynamics finally getting some serious competition 👏

[@shifty7739]

Well...i don't think so. Digit moves like an 85 year old with rheumatism and vertigo. Boston Dynamics isn't getting 20m funding from private sector to move amazon parcels from one shelf to another. They produced a significantly more advanced series or platforms that all have more military applications.

[@mysticmarble94]

@@shifty7739 Yeah "military" applications. Guess what tho ... Most companies gonna prefer the non military type, commercially ready/available & human-friendly product instead of BostonDynamica equivalent (in whatever stage it might be right now).

[@lasertagdreamer]

Robots must be delivered to the buyer by robots! ;)

[@omnianti0]

if this robot was able to lift another they had showed it proodly as liebherr crane manufacturer do

[@STATUSCREW-SC]

While walking , does it consume more power for hands movement? is there any co-relation with hand synchronization with legs or it is just to make robo look more like human

[@AgilityRobotics]

Digit uses its upper body to help counteract torque from the lower body. Arm movements emerge from the basic controls and gait, like they do with people.

[@jimbrooks5496]

A friend rented the basement of an office tower in Seattle. Got a deal cause the previous tenant left their mainframe. One long wall was the computer. The other long wall was the a.c. to cool it. The end wall was all tapedrives. It was a 64 bit computer. That was in the 70s. Today I have 8 64bit cores plus memory batteries display etc in my pocket. The robot of tomorrow will be based on what we see here and at Boston dynamics. The smooth motion and compactness are amazing. Remember big dawg used a chainsaw engine. Look at spot now.

[@VKSgtSLaughter]

Who came first Atlas or Digit? Very amazing robot, great job! 👍

[@अण्वायुवरीवर्त]

Finally we have more robotics firms Love it

[@xddddddize]

So cool! What kind of actuation is used there? Series elastic actuation, variable stiffness actuation or only compliant controlled joints?

[@richmaniow]

What will the $20 million raised from this funding cycle be primarily spent on i.e more R and D to improve capability, such as more dexterity in the arms and possible hand's?, or to scale up production of the existing models?

[@atlanticocean492]

The force be with you all

[@E.K939]

How much does Cassy or "Just legs baby" cost? Looks so cool and I have just the perfect idea of what to do whit it.

[@RandomPerson494-12c]

Most friendly headless ghost ever.

[@jackiepaper101]

If I ever need a robot to move a giant empty box from one side of the office to the other I know where to look. But you gotta start somewhere. I hope I'm alive long enough to have my own robot assistant.

[@OzAndyify]

Great job. That factory scene reminded me of the Warper assembly line in Subnautica. I'd like to see it start a mower, mow the lawn, then fetch me a beer. I'd also love to see a garden mode that can do the weeding, find and destroy caterpillars (no poisons required). Shovelling dirt into a wheelbarrow, push to destination, then tip and smooth is another useful mission mode. It will be interesting to see the minimal hand dexterity to do these tasks (or just have a rotary quick-swap tool selector?). I suspect the SLAM, overall situational awareness and other AI aspects have a way to go yet. Also, please make a rideable one that can handle rugged bush terrain, and climb. (heck, can it swim too?) Less AI, but scaled up engineering. The only question is, will they ever be affordable?