Digit Amazon robot
Agility Robotics' bipedal robot Digit.
  • Agility Robotics said it laid off a "small number" of employees on Wednesday.
  • Amazon, which has invested in the company, is testing its robot in a research facility.
  • Agility plans to open a new factory in Oregon later this year to mass-produce its Digit robot.

Agility Robotics reduced the size of its workforce on Wednesday.

The company told Business Insider that the job cuts affected a "small number" of employees.

"As part of Agility's ongoing efforts to structure the company for success, we have parted ways with a small number of employees that were not central to core product development and commercialization," a spokesperson said.