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Agility Robotics
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Too many unsubstantiated claims get made in this industry. We'd rather let our track record speak. Over a decade of experience in...
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Agility Robotics

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Too many unsubstantiated claims get made in this industry. We'd rather let our track record speak. Over a decade of experience in advanced robotics means we know how to bring our technology into facilities safely and deliver on what we promise.Agility Robotics’ next phase of growth and is focused on strategically bringing AI-powered humanoids to market to meet overwhelming demand and fill massive labor gaps. Agility Robotics’ mission is to build robot partners that augment the human workforce, ultimately enabling humans to be more human. Agility’s groundbreaking general-purpose humanoid robot, Digit, is the first multi-purpose, human-centric robot that is made for work–and the first to land jobs with supply chain partners including Toyota, Amazon, Mercado Libre and GXO, the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider.Johnson was previously CEO of spatial computing company Magic Leap, where she led the pivot from consumer to enterprise, reset and recapitalized the company, and launched Magic Leap 2, the leading AR headset for business. She spent six years as Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella, where she drove strategic partnerships and transactions to accelerate growth. At Microsoft, Johnson launched M12, the company’s first corporate venture fund, which in three years added more than 80 companies to its portfolio. Before that, Johnson spent 24 years in leadership roles at Qualcomm. Johnson sits on the boards of Fox and BlackRock.Johnson was previously CEO of spatial computing company Magic Leap, where she led the pivot from consumer to enterprise, reset and recapitalized the company, and launched Magic Leap 2, the leading AR headset for business. She spent six years as Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella, where she drove strategic partnerships and transactions to accelerate growth. At Microsoft, Johnson launched M12, the company’s first corporate venture fund, which in three years added more than 80 companies to its portfolio. Before that, Johnson spent 24 years in leadership roles at Qualcomm.As Chief Business Officer, Diez is responsible for setting Agility’s overall business and go-to-market strategy, working closely with CEO Peggy Johnson. In this role, he also leads all commercial, marketing, and communications efforts to build the company’s reputation and grow awareness and demand for Digit as the company enters its next phase of rapid commercial growth.Prior to joining Agility, Diez led augmented reality pioneer Magic Leap’s public transformation from a consumer technology startup to an enterprise technology company and was responsible for the commercial launch of Magic Leap 2. He most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer at Magic Leap, overseeing business development, sales, customer experience, ecosystem solutions, developer relations, marketing, brand, communications, public affairs, and government relations. He previously held the roles of Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Magic Leap.Prior to joining Magic Leap, Diez served as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Product at Transform Brands, the owner of the iconic Kenmore appliance brand. Before that, he was the Global Chief Marketing Officer for R/GA, a global marketing and innovation agency, and helped lead the company’s transformation from a digital marketing agency to a global advertising and brand transformation powerhouse.Agility Robotics in May 2023, bringing decades of experience that makes him singularly qualified to lead Agility’s product and technology roadmap. Holding a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, Velagapudi bridges advanced academic research with large-scale commercial reality.Prior to Agility, as a distinguished expert in robotics planning and control, he was a VP of Engineering and Chief Architect at Berkshire Grey developing bin-picking and AMR solutions. Velagapudi has a proven track record of creating and deploying robotic fleets in the most challenging and diverse environments—from complex industrial to outdoor settings, including fielding subterranean pipe-inspection robot platforms at RedZone Robotics, and co-founding Platypus, which deploys low-cost autonomous boats to collect environmental data on bodies of water.Agility Robotics, and Professor and co-founder of the Oregon State University Robotics Institute. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.S. and Ph.D. in robotics, all from Carnegie Mellon University. His career-long research focus is to enable robots to interact physically with the world as well as people do, creating hardware and control approaches that enable the compliance, dexterity, and mobility we see all around us in the animal world. Today, a primary focus is on Physical AI, a powerful new set of tools to enable complex locomanipulation behaviors on capable hardware. This work is applied on Digit, the first humanoid to be commercially deployed, doing work in logistics warehouses. These are early steps toward robots going where people go, generating greater productivity across the economy, and improving quality of life for all.Agility Robotics, the world’s first, and only commercially deployed, humanoid robot company. In her role, she is shaping the financial and operational strategy as the company transitions from prototype to full-scale commercialization—helping define the future of automation and human–robot collaboration.Agility Robotics, Hunter was Chief Operating Officer of SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR), where she led the restructuring and crisis management of the global operations for a $1.5B residential solar business and a team of 3,000 employees across Supply Chain, Installation, Quality, and Customer Experience through an attempted turnaround, and then bankruptcy, as part of an executive transformation team. She also served as Chief Operating & Financial Officer of Nimble Robotics, guiding the company to an 8x valuation increase through its Series B funding round and bringing the company from it’s R&D phase to commercialization.
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