Agility Robotics plants its flag in Tesla's backyard

Tesla-focused humanoid robotics competition intensifies as Agility Robotics opens a 60,000-square-foot training facility in Fremont, California, near Tesla’s planned Optimus manufacturing site. The article frames Agility as a more commercially mature rival: its Digit robots are already deployed in warehouses and manufacturing, generating revenue and backed by $300 million in contract orders. The new center is intended to accelerate field-ready deployments, support customer pilots, and train future robot capabilities. Tesla’s Optimus remains a longer-dated bet, with Elon Musk calling it potentially Tesla’s biggest product once useful outside the company next year. The piece suggests Agility’s move strengthens its positioning in the humanoid robotics race, especially as it prepares for a reverse merger that could bring it public later this year.