Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, discusses Digit 5’s safety, capabilities, and path to wider use with John Koetsier on NEXT.
Digit 5 is Agility’s first humanoid designed to operate without a physical barrier separating it from workers. Johnson says the design reflects lessons from three years of customer deployments and 65,000 hours of operation. Its payload rose from 35 to 50 pounds, and a fast-charge battery is intended to support 20 hours of work per day.
Johnson says Digit uses seven pairs of cameras to detect people around it. Depending on how close someone gets, it can stop or lower itself and reduce limb power. Agility is working with ANSI and ISO on humanoid safety standards, with early customer access planned for the first half of the following year, followed by broader deployments.
Digit can use different end effectors for tasks such as moving heavy boxes, handling small parts, or gripping items with three fingers. An ISO-standard flange lets customers use both Agility’s grippers and options from the wider robotics industry. Johnson says the goal is for one robot to handle connected tasks such as palletizing, machine tending, and moving parts, while coordinating with other factory equipment through Agility’s Arc platform.
Johnson points to 65,000 operating hours, five robot generations, and paying customers as evidence of Agility’s deployment experience. She says the company designs and assembles Digit in the United States, with manufacturing in Salem, Oregon, and skills training in Pittsburgh. To teach new tasks, Agility combines operating data, generated data from virtual environments, and demonstrations by remotely controlling the robot.
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