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Agility Robotics · logistics humanoid

Digit 5

Fifth-generation Digit, 1.81 m and 129 kg, with redesigned cycloidal-actuator legs, swappable ISO-flange end effectors, a 50 lb payload and a battery that charges in about 9 minutes for 90 minutes of work. A new safety system lets it detect people and avoid them, stop or sit, aimed at working without physical barriers.

Price
—Not published
Height
181 cmTaller than 91%
Weight
129 kgHeavier than 91%
Payload
22.7 kgCarries more than 83%
Speed
—Not published
Battery
1.5 hRuns longer than 9%

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Why it matters

Agility pitches it as a humanoid built to work near people without fencing, with an independent safety controller.

Real-world use

Orders above $300 million reported at launch; early access planned for H1 2027 and general availability by end of 2027.

Timeline

First shown
2026-09-17
Released
Not yet
Agility Robotics Digit 5 announcement

Maker

Agility RoboticsCompany · founded 2015 · Salem, Oregon, United States

Planned SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI at about $2.5B, expected gross proceeds over $620M including a $200M PIPE led by Foxconn…

How it stacks up

Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: speed, joints, price.

What it has been shown doing

We checked public videos and press for Digit 5 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.

Public attention

How much public attention Digit 5 gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Walks on legs
Chip
IGX Thor (NVIDIA)Safety functions run on IGX Thor with NVIDIA Halos; main compute not listed.
AI model
Agility Arc (Agility Robotics)
Actuators & motors
Redesigned legs with Agility's proprietary cycloidal actuators; DoF not published.
Hands
Swappable grippers on ISO-standard mounting flanges for tote handling and machine tending; 22.7 kg (50 lb) repeat lift; reach about 2.2 m.
Sensors & vision
Multiple sensors feeding onboard Safe Human Detection; visual and audio cues signal intended moves. Sensor types not listed.
Compute
Safety functions run on NVIDIA IGX Thor with Halos Core; Agility is first launch partner for NVIDIA Halos for Robotics. Main compute not listed.
Battery & power
About 90 minutes of work per roughly 9-minute charge (10:1 run-to-charge ratio, up from 2:1 on Digit 4), which Agility says allows 20+ working hours a day. Figures are preliminary, from pre-production hardware.
Materials & build
Not published. 1.81 m, 129 kg.
AI & software
Agility Arc cloud fleet platform (uptime, throughput, incidents) linked to WMS/WES/MES and coordinating with AMRs and conveyors; trained on 65,000+ hours of real operating data.
Other details
Built for cooperative safety without fencing: an independent safety controller tracks distance to people and can trigger avoid, stop or sit responses; FORT Robotics pendant sled with e-stop and an Offboard Safety Bridge. Agility helps write ANSI/A3 R15.108 and ISO 25785-1. Maker notes some safety features are still in development.

Named suppliers:NVIDIAFORT Robotics

Lineage

Every Agility Robotics humanoid in order.

  1. CassieCassie2017Discontinued
  2. DigitDigit2019Commercial
  3. Digit (2023 commercial version)Digit (2023 commercial version)2023Commercial
  4. Digit 5 (frame from the official video)Digit 52026Prototype

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Sold or delivered
Early access H1 2027, general availability by end of 2027, including EU and UK; price not published. Agility reports more than $300 million in multi-year Digit orders as of May 2026.
Where it is sold or used
RoboFab, Salem, Oregon (up to 10,000 robots a year at full capacity)
Customers and pilots
Digit platform users: GXO, Schaeffler, Amazon, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada.

News

The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. Agility and FORT team up on Digit 5 safety

    FORT Robotics supplies an e-stop pendant sled and co-developed an off-robot safety bridge for Digit 5.

    Agility Robotics
  2. Agility unveils Digit 5

    Agility launched the fifth-generation Digit with a 50 lb payload and fast charging, citing over $300 million in orders ahead of its SPAC listing.

    Robotics & Automation News

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureDigit 5 (frame from the official video)Digit 5Agility RoboticsAgile ONEAgile ONEAgile RobotsSame jobs: industrial, logistics · Both walk · Both in development · Similar sizePHYBOT M1PHYBOT M1PHYBOTSame jobs: industrial, logistics · Both walk · Both in development · Similar sizeMenteeBot V3.0MenteeBot V3.0Mentee RoboticsSame jobs: industrial, logistics · Both walk · Both in development · Similar size
First shown2026-09-172025-11-192025-11-212025-02-12
StatusPrototypePrototypePrototypePrototype
Height181 cm174 cm172 cm175 cm
Weight129 kg69 kg——
Joints——32—
Speed—7.2 km/h—5.4 km/h
Payload22.7 kg20 kg20 kg25 kg
Battery1.5 h—2 h—
Price————

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Robotics & Automation News Agility unveils Digit 5 humanoid as orders exceed $300 million ahead of public listing Agility Robotics Digit 5 Agility Robotics Agility: Industrial Humanoid Automation Agility Robotics Agility and FORT Robotics announce strategic partnership to advance humanoid robot safety Logo: Agility Robotics, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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