Digit

Digit is a humanoid robot designed to move in a more dynamic fashion than regular robots do. It has nimble limbs and a torso packed with sensors that will allow it to navigate complex environments and carry out tasks like package delivery.
- Creator
- Year
- 2019
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
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- Features
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Digit is a direct descendant of Cassie, Agility's first robot, but Digit has a torso with sensors and a pair of arms.

History
Founded in 2015, Agility Robotics develops highly capable bipedal robots for applications that include logistics, telepresence, automated inspection, entertainment, and research. The company's goal is to build legged machines that can go anywhere a person can go. Its first robot, released in 2016, is a bipedal platform called Cassie, a dynamic walking robot that could traverse rough terrain and step over obstacles. Unveiled in 2019, Digit is Agility's second robot. Its legs are similar to Cassie's, but Digit is equipped with a torso full of sensors as well as a pair of arms, used for balance, mobility, and manipulation.


Specs
- Overview
Legged mobility with perception and arms; can get up off the ground, lift boxes, go outdoors and in human environments; can map environments.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2019
- Website
- Height
- 155 cm (standing)
- Length
- 20 cm
- Weight
- 42.2 kg
- Sensors
Lidar, four Intel RealSense depth cameras, MEMS IMU, absolute and incremental encoders for proprioception.
- Actuators
Brushless DC motors, with custom-designed transmissions
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 16 (Legs: 5 DoF x 2; Arms: 3 DoF x 2)
- Materials
Aluminum; thermoformed polycarbonate variants; carbon fiber composite components.
- Compute
Two Intel i7 multi-thread CPUs, payload bay for customer-added computer such as Intel NUC or Nvidia Jetson for additional perception or machine learning capabilities.
- Software
Linux-based real-time operating system for main control computer, high-level planning and perception handled on secondary computer.
- Power
Custom 1.2-kWh lithium-polymer battery pack