Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5, the next generation of its general-purpose humanoid robot.
Digit 5 is Agility’s first humanoid robot engineered for cooperatively safe work at scale, allowing it to work in close proximity to people without the physical safety barriers required by traditional automation.
"Digit 5 is removing a major barrier to scaling humanoid robots in industrial environments," says Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics. "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 multi-year orders and a growing pipeline of customers across manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. That's value that compounds as Digit's capabilities expand, backed by real demand."
Key takeaways:
· Digit 5's new safety architecture is designed to reduce dependence on the protective barriers typically used in traditional robotic automation, allowing it to work in close proximity to people.
· Uses proprietary AI algorithms and multiple sensor technologies to continuously monitor for people and take appropriate action by autonomously avoiding, stopping or assuming a seated position.
· Uses visual and auditory cues to convey motion intent and alert nearby people to enable their participation in safe operation.
· An independent safety controller oversees Digit’s response to the detection of people within an unsafe distance and instantly triggers the appropriate safety responses.
· A new leg design engineered to withstand repetitive lifting, powered by proprietary cycloidal actuator technology, lets Digit 5 repeatedly lift up to 50-pound loads, allowing full coverage of single-person lift tasks in OSHA-regulated facilities.
· A new 90-minute runtime battery system charges in just 9 minutes, giving Digit 5 a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio, enabling more than 20 hours of productive work in a 24-hour day.
· A swappable gripper design with ISO-standard mounting flanges allows Digit’s tools to be changed for the job at hand, enabling greater productivity while tackling tasks ranging from tote handling to machine tending.
· Digit 5 weighs 284 pounds, stands 5’ 11”, and can reach heights of up to 7.2 feet, sized to reach the same shelves and move through the same aisles, doorways and workstations built for people.
· Digit 5 will leverage Agility’s proprietary approach to physical AI-based capability training to add more manipulation skills and expand to cover a facility's full workflow: from depalletizing goods as they arrive, to machine tending, kitting and sequencing, and quality inspection as items move through the facility, and finally palletizing them for shipment as they leave.
· With Agility’s robot management platform, Digit coordinates each handoff with a facility’s existing AMRs, conveyors and warehouse systems, so material keeps moving between stations.
