Agility Unveils Digit 5, First Cage-Free Humanoid for Work Beside People
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, which it describes as the first humanoid engineered for cooperatively safe work at scale without the physical safety barriers of traditional automation. The company says Digit 5 detects nearby people and responds by avoiding, stopping, or sitting, adds visual and auditory safety cues plus an independent safety controller, and pairs the stack with NVIDIA IGX Thor and the Halos safety framework. Hardware upgrades include a 50 lb. lifting payload, a 90-minute battery that charges in 9 minutes for more than 20 hours of daily work, swappable end-effectors, and a 7.2-foot reach. Agility reports more than $300 million in multi-year Digit 5 orders with early access in the first half of 2027. For ui44 readers, Digit 5 matters because cooperative safety, fast charging, and multi-year industrial orders are the gating factors that decide when humanoid capability eventually reaches homes.