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Agility Unveils Digit 5 Humanoid Built to Work Safely Beside Humans

The robot pairs a 50-pound lift, fast recharge and a dedicated safety controller to let robots share warehouse floors as Agility pursues a SPAC and production ramp

Overview

  • Agility publicly unveiled Digit 5 on Tuesday as a next-generation humanoid designed to operate without traditional safety cages by sensing people and responding with steering, stopping or lowering itself.
  • Digit 5 raises physical capabilities with a 50-pound lift, a 7.2-foot reach and a battery that runs about 90 minutes and recharges in roughly nine minutes to allow more than 20 hours of daily operation.
  • The machine includes multiple vision-based sensors, AI safety software, visual and audio cues and a separate safety controller that triggers protective motions when someone gets too close.
  • Agility disclosed commercial details in an S-4 tied to a roughly $2.5 billion SPAC: more than $300 million in contingent multi-year orders, illustrative pricing near $200,000 per robot plus deployment and recurring fees, and plans to assemble robots at a Salem RoboFab scaled for up to 10,000 units a year.
  • The filing also revealed modest 2025 revenue, rising operating losses and an auditor's going-concern warning, which together make the SPAC financing and milestone-linked customer commitments critical to Agility’s ability to scale and put humans and robots to work side by side.