Agility Robotics just unveiled Digit 5 today. Here's what you need to know. Digit 5 is Agility's next-gen humanoid robot, built for what the company calls "cooperatively safe" work, meaning it can operate close to people in factories and warehouses without the physical safety cages traditional automation needs. CEO Peggy Johnson says it removes a major barrier to scaling humanoid robots in industrial settings. The robot has a redesigned, more humanlike leg profile with proprietary cycloidal actuator technology, letting it repeatedly lift heavier loads than its predecessor, Digit 4. It's aimed at jobs like depalletizing, kitting, inspection, and machine tending, using swappable end-effectors for different tasks. Agility says it's built on more than 65,000 hours of real operation and commercial deployments, including work with GXO. Key numbers: - Height: 5'11", weight: 284 lbs - Payload: 50 lb (22.7 kg), up about 40% from Digit 4 - Reach: 7.2 ft, up from 5.5 ft - Battery: 90 min runtime, 9 min recharge, a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio versus Digit 4's 2:1 - Up to 20+ productive hours a day - One robot can cost around $200,000, with customers breaking even in about 1.1 years, per an Agility filing Early access to Digit 5 is planned for the first half of 2027, with general availability by the end of 2027, including EU and UK deployments. Agility Robotics is also pursuing a public listing via SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI ($CCXI).