Agility’s new Digit 5 robot lifts 50 pounds, works 20+ hours a day and operates alongside people
Agility Robotics, which is preparing to go public through a SPAC merger, unveiled Digit 5, a humanoid robot it says can work safely alongside people in warehouses and factories. The company says the new robot can lift 50 pounds, reach shelves 7.2 feet high and work more than 20 hours a day.
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