{"id":312202,"date":"2026-10-22T21:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312202\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:16:09","slug":"oregon-based-robotics-firm-announces-new-center-of-excellence-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312202\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon-based robotics firm announces new \u2018center of excellence\u2019 in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Oregon-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/organization\/agility-robotics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Agility Robotics Inc.<\/a>\u2060, which first set up a small, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2018\/06\/05\/robotics-company-coming-to-bloomfield.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">local presence in the vicinity of Robotics Row in the years before the pandemic<\/a>, is making a major expansion in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Salem, Oregon firm that specializes in a humanoid robot called Digit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agilityrobotics.com\/content\/agility-robotics-expands-pittsburgh-presence-to-support-growing-customer-deployments\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced it is engaged in adding a new 50,000-square-foot facility in Pittsburgh<\/a>, a ramp up in local presence that comes as the company works <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/10\/14\/agility-robotics-spac-merger-sec-approval.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to become the first public company in the United States specializing in humanoid robotics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Agility Robotics, which has been operating locally out of about 13,000 square feet at the Chocolate Factory, a property of the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, didn\u2019t specify an address for its new space, but did confirm it would be the Robotics Row area of Lawrenceville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/10\/21\/robotics-row-agility-robotics-expanding-digit.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/10\/21\/robotics-row-agility-robotics-expanding-digit.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh 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