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Agility’s new Digit 5 robot lifts 50 pounds, works 20+ hours a day and operates alongside people

by Todd Bishop on Sep 15, 2026 at 4:00 amSeptember 15, 2026 at 6:10 am

Agility Robotics unveiled the next version of its Digit humanoid robot, which it says is designed to work safely alongside people in warehouses and factories without the barriers that are usually required.

The Salem, Ore.-based company, which is preparing to go public through a $2.5 billion SPAC merger, said Digit 5 is its first humanoid built for “cooperatively safe” work at scale. Early access to Digit 5 is expected to begin in the first half of 2027, with general availability by the end of the year. The robots are assembled at the company’s RoboFab factory in Salem, which is designed to produce up to 10,000 robots a year.

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