Agility Robotics introduced the humanoid robot Digit 5 for warehouses and factories
English translation from Unibot. Source published 2026-09-17.
Digit 5 is a fifth generation humanoid robot from Agility Robotics. Designed for use in warehouses, factories and logistics.
Features and Performance
Height - 180 cm, weight - 129 kg. Inside there are electric drives and proprietary cycloidal gearboxes, designed for repeated industrial loads.
The robot lifts up to 23 kg and moves at speeds of up to 5.4 km/h. This is enough to move cargo and work in the production flow with people. The battery charges quickly and lasts 1.5 hours, and the working schedule is designed for approximately 20 hours a day.
Degrees of freedom and estimates
Digit 5 has thirty degrees of freedom, including two-fingered grippers for handling objects.
NVIDIA IGX Thor and NVIDIA Halos Core are responsible for edge computing and rapid safety response, and Ethernet and WiFi are responsible for communication with the infrastructure.
Stairs, sorting and assembly
The robot can walk up stairs. This expands its capabilities far beyond the boundaries of a flat warehouse floor - it can move through rooms with different layouts.
Product sorting is one of the main scenarios: Digit 5 moves items through distribution, warehouse and picking processes. The body shape and grippers allow for repeated transfer of materials between locations, containers or workstations.
It also helps to assemble products - that is, it is integrated into structured production, where a mobile worker must interact with parts directly on the line.
Request for industrial sites
All this falls into the demand of industrial sites, where lack of personnel, monotony of operations and stability of work are the main pain points. The combination of stair walking, sorting and assembly makes Digit 5 popular in logistics centers, factories and distribution complexes.
From prototype to mass customer
Digit 5 is listed as a production-ready prototype with the first commercial quantities. This is Agility Robotics' move from early adopters to mass customer acquisition.
It replaced Digit 4, which had been in real-world use for three years, and incorporated customer feedback from logistics and manufacturing. The company is positioning the system for collaborative work with people without cages and fences - an important point for enterprises that want automation, but are not ready to rebuild every workplace for stationary equipment.
Commercial rate
CEO Peggy Johnson said Digit 5 has a multi-year backlog of more than $300 million. So it's a serious business bet to make humanoid robots common industrial equipment rather than just a research demonstration.