Digit
Limited evidenceRead the findings →Agility Robotics' two-legged warehouse humanoid, offered to businesses as a service. It's for firms moving totes and boxes, not homes. There's no version you can buy for your house.
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Where it sits in Agility Robotics’s range
- Agility CassieEarlier two-legged research robot with bird-like legs
- DigitThis model
- Agility Digit 5Next generation, announced September 2026 and still in development
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What we know
The only independent coverage of Digit we could read is IEEE Spectrum, whose robotics editor wrote up Digit 5's launch. He liked its approach to safety but pointed out that it isn't working in factories yet. The rest comes from Agility: its Digit 5 page Agility Robotics, which warns the robot is still in development, and its homepage Agility Robotics. We couldn't find independently published results from earlier deployments.
Designed not to fall on you
IEEE Spectrum explains Digit 5's main safety idea. As a person approaches, it puts down what it's carrying and, if needed, sits down on the floor so it can't fall on anyone. Its robotics editor called that inelegant but effective, and more than he could say for any other commercial humanoid. Agility Robotics says its human detection is meant to make safety barriers unnecessary, but also that some safety features are still in development and don't remove all risk.
Big, strong and still unfinished
Digit 5 is 1.8m tall and weighs 129kg, according to IEEE Spectrum, and can lift 23kg up to 2.1m; Agility's own page lists a 2.2m reach. Agility Robotics claims a 20-hour working day, with ten hours of running for every hour of charging. Those figures come from pre-production hardware. Agility's page says features, specifications and designs may change, and some images are illustrative. IEEE Spectrum notes Digit 5 isn't deployed in factories yet, so none of this has been shown in real work.
Rented by businesses, not bought
IEEE Spectrum reports that Agility expects to offer Digit 5 as a service with a monthly fee, and that businesses in the European Union and United Kingdom should be able to get it in 2027. Agility Robotics has no shop, only a 'Deploy Digit' enquiry. IEEE Spectrum also warns that the savings Agility projects assume Digit 5 can simply replace a human worker, which he isn't sure any robot has ever managed.
Specs and safety details are for Digit 5, the generation Agility now markets; it was still in development when checked.
Our take
Should you buy the Digit?
Best for: Factories and warehouses able to run a trial with the maker. Skip it if: You want a robot for an ordinary household.
one to follow rather than buy, unless you run a warehouse or factory. For home robotics projects, look at small developer humanoids such as Unitree's R1, or wait for household robots like Figure 03 to reach buyers.
Digit is Agility Robotics' two-legged warehouse worker. Earlier generations already move plastic totes in customers' buildings under the company's Arc fleet software, and the next one, Digit 5, was announced in September 2026 and is built to work safely near people. Agility offers it to businesses as a service rather than selling it.
Agility says Digit 5 lifts 23kg to above head height and is meant to work most of the day, but it is still in development and some of its safety features aren't finished. Businesses go through an assessment with Agility first, and rent it for a monthly fee. There is no version for homes.
Before you buy
The questions people ask about this one
Can I actually buy one?
Not as an individual. Agility Robotics only offers a sales enquiry for businesses, and IEEE Spectrum reports Digit 5 will be offered as a service with a monthly fee, reaching the EU and UK in 2027. There's no version for homes, and Agility hasn't announced one.
Is it safe to have around people?
That's Digit 5's main selling point. IEEE Spectrum describes it putting down its load and sitting on the floor when someone approaches, so it can't fall on them. Agility Robotics warns that some safety features are still in development and don't eliminate all risk. None of the sources here tested this in a working building.
What can it do on its own today?
Move totes in warehouses, which is what earlier Digits do for customers, coordinated by the Arc fleet software, per Agility Robotics. Digit 5 can lift 23kg up to 2.1m, per IEEE Spectrum, but it isn't deployed yet. Agility doesn't claim any household skills.
What does it need to run?
A charging setup, a suitable warehouse and Agility's help to fit it in. Agility claims a 20-hour working shift and a ten-to-one running-to-charging ratio, with fleet software built to connect to existing warehouse automation, per the specifications. Deployment starts with an assessment of your site, per Agility Robotics.
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The compromise: Battery swapping alone doesn't prove it can work unattended; each job needs its own trial.
Specs
Full specifications
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- NEXT with John Koetsier: Agility Robotics' Digit v5: out of the cage! ↗
- AwesomeTech: The Future Of Robotics: Digit By Agility Robotics ↗
- Search YouTube for Agility Robotics Digit ↗Search results may include company demonstrations or similar models. Check the source and model name; a demonstration is not an independent performance test.