The Digit robots purchased by Ford were actually the very first models made commercially available by Agility, fresh off the assembly line, so there was still plenty of potential for experimentation.

Ford has teamed up with Agility Robotics on a new delivery robot named Digit that can walk packages to doors like a human and arrives in a self-driving vehicle.

(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it was partnering with walking robots maker Agility Robotics as it designs a planned fleet of self-driving delivery vans that will drop packages at the ...

Take, for instance Agility’s Ford pilot, when the startup was exploring last-mile delivery as a potential way forward. Not too long after, the firm began focusing Digit’s output exclusively on ...

Ford would like to deploy Digit delivery robots as early as 2021, alongside the planned introduction of its autonomous vehicle fleets to ferry people and packages around the clock.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Digit marches on two legs across the floor of the University of Michigan’s Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building, while Mini-Cheetah — staccato-like — does the same on ...

Ford and Agility Robotics explore how a new robot, Digit, can help get packages to your door efficiently with the help of self-driving vehicles An undated handout image of Digit, a two-legged ...

The future of automated deliveries is a step closer with the Ford Motor Co.’s new walking robot that can deliver packages to your door like a human.

Amazon will begin testing Agility’s Digit in a move that could bring the bipedal robot to its nationwide fulfillment centers.