Bipedal humanoid mobile manipulation robot (MMR) provider Agility Robotics recently announced motion components provider Schaeffler Group has made a minority investment in the company.
In addition to the investment, the companies have signed an agreement in which Schaeffler intends to purchase humanoid robots from Agility Robotics for use across the whole global Schaeffler manufacturing and warehouse network.
“We, at Schaeffler, will integrate this technology into our operations and see the potential to deploy a significant number of humanoids in our global network of 100 plants by 2030,” said Andreas Schick, Schaeffler AG COO. “We look forward to the collaboration with Agility Robotics which will accelerate our activities in this field.”
The announcement was made during an appearance at the Web Summit global technology conference which was held Nov. 11-14 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Agility CEO anticipates humanoids will work alongside humans
“We are excited to welcome Schaeffler as a customer and investor, and look forward to delivering value in their operations with Digit,” said Peggy Johnson, Agility Robotics CEO. “While our technology is helping companies like Schaeffler transform their manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing businesses, scaling the use of humanoid robots will require them to work cooperatively with humans and outside of the safety cages they are in today.
“I am confident that in the next 24 months, Agility will be the first company to deliver a safe humanoid robot that will be able to work alongside people,” Johnson added.
Earlier this year, Agility deployed its Digit humanoid robots with pure-play contract logistics provider GXO after signing a multi-year commercial deployment agreement. The robots were deployed through a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model.
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