Agility Robotics unveils Digit 5, a next-generation humanoid robot intended to work alongside people. Bloomberg reports the company presents Digit 5 as designed to operate safely in human environments, reducing the need for the physical barriers used by earlier models.
Bloomberg adds that Agility’s CEO, Peggy Johnson, discusses how Digit 5 could perform more complex warehouse and manufacturing tasks. The company is looking to expand deployments beyond the nine customer facilities it currently operates in, and it frames AI as a way to speed up Digit 5’s ability to learn new skills.
Business Insider, meanwhile, provides an early look at Digit 5 renderings and emphasizes the planned safety approach. It reports that the robot is designed to stop before getting too close to humans, highlighting an emphasis on proximity-aware behavior for working in shared spaces. The outlets broadly align on Digit 5’s goal of enabling safer, more practical collaboration with people, while focusing their coverage on deployment ambitions versus initial safety features and early visuals.
