Agility Robotics

Booster Robotics

Booster Robotics is a Chinese company specializing in the development of advanced humanoid robots. Founded in June 2023 by Cheng Hao, a Tsinghua University graduate with deep roots in robotics research and entrepreneurial experience, the company aims to drive a productivity revolution by uniting global developers and accelerating the adoption of embodied intelligence in research, education, and industry. IDTechEx spoke to Booster Robotics at Humanoids Summit 2025 in London, UK.

General Purpose Robots Should Not Be Weaponized

New generations of robots are more accessible, easier to operate, more autonomous, affordable, and adaptable than previous generations, and capable of navigating into locations previously inaccessible to automated or remotely-controlled technologies. Advanced mobile robots will provide great benefit to society as co-workers in industry and companions in our homes.

Guinness World Record for Fastest 100 Metres by a Bipedal Robot

Cassie the robot has established a Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 meters by a bipedal robot. Cassie clocked the historic time of 24.73 seconds starting from a standing position and returning to that position after the sprint, with no falls.

Package Delivery Robots' Environmental Impacts

Whether a robot or a person delivers your package, the carbon footprint would essentially be the same, according to a study that could help inform the future of automated delivery as the pandemic fuels a dramatic rise in online shopping.

Bipedal Robot Learns to Run and Completes 5 Kilometres

Cassie the robot has made history by traversing 5 kilometers, completing the route in just over 53 minutes.

Ford is First Customer of Agility Robotics Biped Digit Robot

Agility Robotics is launching Digit, a robot with arms and legs to work with humans and in human spaces, for commercial sale; and, Ford Motor Company is the first customer, receiving the first two robots off the line.

Self driving cars and smart robots to make home deliveries

Ford is teaming up with Agility Robotics to explore a brand-new frontier in the world of autonomy — and a new way of thinking about how we make deliveries.

Platform supports diverse applications, including last mile logistics

A new bipedal robot named Digit is strong enough to pick up and stack boxes weighing up to 18 kg, as well as durable enough to catch itself during a fall using its arms to decelerate.

Agility Robotics aims to revolutionize robot mobility

Legged locomotion may revolutionize robot mobility and enable robots to go anywhere people can go.