“Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) has long been a leader in automotive manufacturing innovation,” says Tim Hollander, president of TMMC. “After evaluating a number of robots, we are excited to deploy Digit to improve the team member experience and further increase operational efficiency in our manufacturing facilities.”

In addition to the work Digit is doing today, Agility and TMMC will continue to assess further use cases where robots and AI could help augment automotive production. According to Hollander, the companies will explore how automating some extremely repetitive and physically taxing tasks commonly found on automotive manufacturing production lines could reduce strain and increase safety for employees, freeing them to do more value-added work in the production facility.

“Toyota is one of the premier companies in the world; one with a long history of innovation and success, so it’s a privilege to join forces to integrate humanoid robotic solutions like Digit into automotive production,” notes Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics. “I look forward to continuing our work with Toyota to identify all the ways that Digit can help the employees working at their production facilities.

“With our next generation of Digit, we will be the first company to deliver the first cooperatively safe humanoid robot to work alongside people, allowing companies like Toyota to scale their use of humanoids well beyond what is possible today,” claims Johnson.