Getting to know ‘Digit,’ the humanoid robot that Amazon just started testing for warehouse work

Agility Robotics' Digit is a bipedal humanoid robot designed for work that people would otherwise do.

The company recently announced plans to mass-produce Digit robots at a facility in Salem , Ore. , that ultimately will be able to produce more than 10,000 robots a year.

Amazon is testing Digit for tote consolidation, a process that involves organizing and repositioning storage containers.

Amazon went through a similar testing process with other robots, including Proteus, its first autonomous mobile robotic platform.

Employee feedback is part of the testing process, says Vetterick .

Amazon 's BFI1 warehouse in Sumner is a research-and-development facility and a working fulfillment center.