Agility Robotics is opening a humanoid robot factory, beating Tesla to the punch
Summary
COO Aindrea Campbell, who was formerly Apples senior director of iPad operations and an engineering manager at Ford, told CNBC that the facility will have a 10,000 unit annual max capacity when its fully built out and will employ more than 500 people. The inflection point today is that were opening the factory, installing the production lines and starting to grow capacity and scale with something thats never been done before." Agilitys preferred partners will be first to receive the robots next year, and the company is only selling — not renting or leasing — the systems in the near-term. Asked if the company is concerned that its technology could "steal jobs" from people, Shelton said he envisions Digit allowing manufacturing and logistics businesses to meet rising demand as recruiting remains a challenge and as many workers retire or opt to leave the industry. Matt Ocko, managing partner at DCVC and an investor in Agility, told CNBC that Digit should "fill millions of unmet roles that human beings dont want."