When did this incident occur?

The incident is recorded as occurring on March 21, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. The date reflects the underlying real-world event, not the registry record's creation date.

What is the current status of Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo?

This incident is an active record on the DEPLOY registry; no retraction or correction has been issued.

Incident · Malfunction

Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo

At ProMat 2023 (Chicago, Mar 20-23 2023), after more than 20 hours of live demonstrations, an Agility Digit stopped mid-pick and fell. Agility attributed it to a previously-unseen arm encoder bug and subsequently patched the behavior so the arm freezes and the robot stays upright rather than falling. No injury or third-party damage. Bar note: a documented demo malfunction (not an operational deployment injury), included for its named root cause and shipped vendor remediation. Cap-flag: exact day within ProMat undetermined.

Occurred 2023-03-21 · Digit

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Sources (2)

Tech Times · https://www.techtimes.com/articles/290843/20230426/agility-robotics-digit-warehouse-bot-collapses-20-hours-live-demos.htm
IEEE Spectrum · https://spectrum.ieee.org/falling-robots

Common questions

What happened in Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo?: At ProMat 2023 (Chicago, Mar 20-23 2023), after more than 20 hours of live demonstrations, an Agility Digit stopped mid-pick and fell. Agility attributed it to a previously-unseen arm encoder bug and subsequently patched the behavior so the arm freezes and the robot stays upright rather than falling. No injury or third-party damage. Bar note: a documented demo malfunction (not an operational deployment injury), included for its named root cause and shipped vendor remediation. Cap-flag: exact day within ProMat undetermined.
When did this incident occur?: The incident is recorded as occurring on March 21, 2023 on the DEPLOY registry. The date reflects the underlying real-world event, not the registry record's creation date.
What robot was involved in Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo?: Digit is the recorded robot involved in this incident.
Has anyone responded to Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo?: No responses to this incident are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Operators, manufacturers, or affected parties can submit responses to the editorial team; absence is not a guarantee no response was issued.
What is the current status of Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo?: This incident is an active record on the DEPLOY registry; no retraction or correction has been issued.

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-04

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Verified

Low confidence

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Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-04

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1: unclassified; Unclassified source
1: secondary-industry-publication; Industry publication

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Canonical ID f34c0007-2c91-4722-a744-56b32f67fb11

Agility Digit collapsed mid-pick during a live ProMat 2023 warehouse demo

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