Agility Robotics has booked more than $300 million in multiyear orders for its fifth-generation Digit humanoid, which the Salem, Oregon-based manufacturer describes as the first model in the line certified to operate safely alongside people without cages or light curtains.

The company released Digit 5 this week, targeting manufacturing, warehousing and logistics customers who have run the prior Digit 4 on production floors for three years.

"Digit 5 is removing a major barrier to scaling humanoid robots in industrial environments," CEO Peggy Johnson said. "We built it to the exact requirements our customers gave us after three years of Digit 4 working on their production floors. The market has responded with more than $300 million in multiyear orders and a growing pipeline of customers across manufacturing, warehousing and logistics."

What changed on the safety side?

Safety has been the central obstacle to commercial humanoid deployment. Digit 5 introduces a three-layer architecture the company says reduces dependence on the protective barriers typical of fixed robotic automation.

Proprietary AI algorithms and multiple sensors detect people continuously and trigger one of three responses: autonomous avoidance, controlled stop, or a seated posture. Visual and auditory cues signal motion intent. A separate safety controller triggers response when a person enters an unsafe envelope.

An earlier Digit was the first humanoid to pass an independent field evaluation on a customer's production line against OSHA-administered industrial safety standards — a data point Agility cites to anchor the new model's lineage.

What can it physically handle?

The hardware reflects a generation of customer feedback. A redesigned leg lets Digit 5 lift up to 50 pounds repeatedly. A new battery delivers 90 minutes of runtime and recharges in 9 minutes, a 10-to-1 run-to-charge ratio that the company says enables more than 20 hours of productive work across a 24-hour day.

A swappable gripper with ISO-standard mounting flanges allows tooling changes between tasks such as tote handling and machine tending. The robot weighs 284 pounds, stands 5 feet 11 inches tall, and reaches 7.2 feet — a footprint aimed at line-side workstations and warehouse shelving rather than bench-top assembly.

How does it connect to factory systems?

Digit 5 ships integrated with Agility Arc, the supplier's cloud platform for fleet deployment and management. Arc exposes uptime, throughput and mean-time-between-incidents data, and connects with existing warehouse management, warehouse execution and manufacturing execution systems.

Agility frames the data handling around the questions plant IT teams typically raise: end-to-end encryption, strict access controls, localized processing. Onboard cameras, depth sensors and inertial measurement units process sensory data locally. Transmitted system-health telemetry is encrypted, segregated by customer, and secured with mTLS and TLS 1.2+ rooted to a private certificate authority. On-robot storage is encrypted for data at rest.

What to watch next

The harder question is execution at fleet scale. Agility has not disclosed the unit count behind the $300 million backlog, nor the names anchoring the multiyear commitments. Watch for first-quarter 2026 commercial deployment milestones, third-party uptime disclosures from named customers, and any OSHA or independent safety certifications issued specifically for the Digit 5 architecture.