Agility’s SPAC: Can Wall Street Save a Humanoid Robot Pioneer?
As Agility finds itself in its biggest spotlight yet, can it prove that being early still matters? Or will it become a cautionary tale of the physical AI boom?
Cassie by Agility Robotics
Cassie is a bipedal robot developed by Agility Robotics, a U.S.-based company founded in 2015 as a spin-off from Oregon State University. Introduced in 2017, Cassie features a bird-inspired leg design that allows for efficient, stable walking and running across varied terrain. It serves as a research and development platform for studying locomotion and control in legged robots and has contributed to advancements that led to Agility’s later humanoid robot, Digit.
The Obsession with Faster Robots Is Getting Out of Control
In the past two years, the fastest humanoid robots have more than tripled their speed. Now the focus is shifting to endurance as more than humanlike machines are put through the ringer for the second annual Beijing Humanoid Robot Half Marathon.
