Agility Robotics and AGCO plan a 2027 Digit factory pilot

Agility Robotics has signed an agreement with farm-equipment maker AGCO to pilot its Digit humanoid robot at AGCO's Hesston, Kansas, factory, with the trial expected to begin in 2027, the companies announced Tuesday. The proposed work is specific: sorting and stacking parts, then placing totes in storage. The announcement gives no robot count, agreement value, pilot duration or performance targets.