# Agility Robotics co-founder Damion Shelton on the path to humanoid robot commercialization

- Source: IEEE RAS
- Published: 2026-10-19T17:46:24.000Z
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- Original: https://www.ieee-ras.org/commercializing-robotics-damion-shelton-agility-robotics-and-carnegie-mellon-university/

## Summary

IEEE RAS interviewed Damion Shelton, co-founder of Agility Robotics and executive director of CMU's Swartz Center, who recounted how Digit chose its first commercial scenario: it once worked with Ford to explore last-mile delivery, but abandoned that because humanoid robots depend on autonomous driving, another deep-tech challenge, and instead focused on in-warehouse material handling in closed environments.