Agility Robotics unveiled its fifth-generation humanoid robot, Digit 5, on September 16, 2026, targeting warehouse, factory, and logistics operations with a design built around direct customer feedback. The 180 cm, 129 kg robot uses electric actuators and proprietary cycloidal drives to lift up to 23 kg and move at speeds up to 5.4 km/h, including the ability to walk stairs — expanding its usefulness beyond flat warehouse floors.
Digit 5 runs on a fast-charging battery that supports roughly 1.5 hours of work per charge, with a nine-minute recharge enabling an intended operating schedule of roughly 20 hours within a 24-hour period. The system carries 30 overall degrees of freedom and two-finger gripping claws for handling workplace objects, while NVIDIA IGX Thor and NVIDIA Halos Core provide edge computing and real-time safety response over Ethernet and WiFi connectivity.
Confirmed
- Dimensions and weight: 180 cm tall, 129 kg.
- Payload: Up to 23 kg (approximately 50 lb), about 40% more than the previous model.
- Speed: Up to 5.4 km/h walking; stair-walking capability included.
- Battery and duty cycle: ~1.5 hours per charge; ~9-minute fast charge targeting ~20 hours of work per 24-hour shift.
- Degrees of freedom: 30 overall; 6 in the hands (two-finger gripping claws).
- Compute and safety: NVIDIA IGX Thor + NVIDIA Halos Core for edge compute and real-time safety; cooperative, cage-free design with sensors that slow, stop, or lower the robot when people approach.
- Connectivity: Ethernet and WiFi.
- Availability: Listed as a production-ready prototype with early commercial units; North America in the first half of 2027, followed by the EU and UK later in 2027.
- Pricing indication: Illustrative five-year total cost of ownership ~$400,000 per robot (approx. $200,000 unit + $20,000 deployment + $36,000/year software and maintenance); actual contracts negotiated individually.
- Order book: CEO Peggy Johnson states more than $300 million in multi-year customer orders for Digit 5.
- Manufacturing: Built at RoboFab in Salem, Oregon, designed for thousands of units per year.
- Humanoid.Guide Skill Score: 4 out of 10 (Navigation 2/5, Manipulation 2/5), placing it in the developing stage.
Unknown
- Exact ship date for first customer deliveries within the H1 2027 window.
- Final negotiated pricing and contract terms for individual customers.
- Independent replication of the 20-hour duty cycle and 9-minute recharge under real-world facility conditions.
- Detailed ingress protection (IP) rating and camera resolution specifications (listed as N/A in the spec sheet).
- Operating system and LLM integration details (listed as N/A).
- Full financial terms of the SPAC transaction targeting a ~$2.5 billion valuation.
Our take
Agility is betting that a practical, cage-free humanoid built on three years of Digit 4 field data can convert pilot programs into recurring revenue faster than better-funded rivals. The $300 million order book suggests early traction, but the illustrative $400,000 five-year cost and 4/10 skill score mean customers are paying for reliability and safety integration today, not autonomous versatility. Real-world duty cycle performance will be the key metric.
