Agility unveils Digit 5 humanoid robot, secures $300M in multi-year orders
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-09-17
Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, its next-generation general-purpose humanoid robot built for cooperatively safe work alongside humans without physical safety barriers — the first humanoid to pass an independent OSHA-administered field safety evaluation on a customer production line.
Key points:
- Built on 65,000+ hours of Digit 4 commercial operation
- Over $300 million in multi-year orders across manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, per CEO Peggy Johnson
- New safety architecture lets a single robot take on full facility workflows near people
A milestone for humanoids moving from demos to scaled industrial deployment.
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