Digit warehouse robot collapses after 20+ hours of continuous live demo

S1 · · Agility Robotics · Atlanta, GA, USA

Record

Company	Agility Robotics
Category	humanoid
Type	malfunction
Date
Time of day	not documented
Location	Atlanta, GA, USA · Georgia World Congress Center
Severity	S1 (near-miss / disclosed vulnerability)
Scale	1 unit
Confidence	medium
Verification	Cited source on file; not independently re-verified
Source	Tech Times

What happened

During a livestreamed multi-day demo at Modex 2023, Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid robot suddenly stopped and fell to the ground while picking up a tote after more than 20 hours of continuous operation; no injuries reported and the company reported a 99% task success rate overall.

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