Oregon startup Agility Robotics names former Microsoft exec Peggy Johnson CEO

A headless robot with a green body and silver, metallic arms carries a large bin in a warehouse setting.

Agility’s robot, called Digit, will work in the Salem factory moving, loading and unloading totes.Agility Robotics photo

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Prominent Oregon startup Agility Robotics named a new CEO on Monday, hiring former Microsoft Vice President Peggy Johnson to run the business. Johnson was most recently CEO of the high-profile augmented reality startup Magic Leap before leaving that position in October.

Agility Robotics makes a robot that walks upright to work in factories and warehouses. The Corvallis-based company has raised more than $180 million from investors and potential partners including Amazon, which is exploring ways to expand the use of robotics in its warehouses.

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