Agility

A pilot expected to begin in 2027 will put Digit to work sorting parts and positioning totes at AGCO’s agricultural-equipment plant in Hesston, Kansas.

Jonathan Hurst says Digit 5 is the robot Agility needs today, but not the one he dreamed of building. His essay explains the commercial demands behind that tension.

Agility has named Mark Vale as its expected post-merger audit committee chair. Shareholders are scheduled to vote on the transaction on November 2.

Nyobolt is behind Digit 5’s planned nine-minute recharge, which Agility says will help the humanoid work more than 20 hours per day. Early access is expected in 2027.

The SEC has declared the merger registration effective, bringing Agility closer to its planned AGLT listing and financing for Digit 5 deployments.

At its Analyst & Investor Day, Agility put Digit 5's launch bill of materials at about $150,000, above Digit 4's, for RaaS product margins near 50% until production reaches 1,000 units a year. Executives said the $300 million, 1,000-robot order releases robots in tranches as Digit 5 proves specific use cases, described general availability as end of 2027 and early 2028, and said the leased fleet will be funded with debt.

Agility will outline its technology and business plans in a webcast beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET, ahead of its proposed public listing.

Johnson will advise MITRE’s future-warfare study in an individual capacity, highlighting humanoid logistics applications. Project Meridian’s co-directors include Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey.

Agility and FORT expand their partnership around a safety pendant, on-robot communications and an Offboard Safety Bridge connecting Digit 5 to external safety systems.

Animations spotted in Agility’s Digit 5 launch material have a written counterpart: its website lists a Wheeled Base Concept. Product details remain unannounced.

Hours after introducing Digit 5, Agility leadership unpacked the technical and commercial mechanics behind breaking the safety cage, from 360-degree vision failsafes to a four-layer physical AI stack.

Agility’s Digit 5 adds a 50 lb payload, nine-minute charging and a new safety architecture. Early access is planned for 2027, with EU and UK deployment ahead.

Agility Robotics' Form S-4 puts audited numbers behind the humanoid industry's first US listing: $1.78 million in 2025 sales, a $138.1 million net loss, and a going-concern warning. The headline $300 million backlog turns out to be a single contract with a related party, partly paid in warrants — and the competition section names eight rivals without mentioning a single Chinese manufacturer.

As Congress advances legislation to restrict Chinese robotics, an op-ed from Agility’s CEO and sharp pushback from prominent AI researchers reveal a deepening rift in the U.S. robotics ecosystem.

Agility is preparing for its public market debut via a $2.5 billion deal with veteran dealmaker Michael Klein’s SPAC, seeking to capture retail demand as the first Western humanoid pure-play.

As the humanoid robotics industry grapples with the transition from lab demos to factory floors, NVIDIA has unveiled Halos for Robotics, a comprehensive safety system designed to move machines safely beyond the workcell.

In a recent TED Talk, Agility co-founder Jonathan Hurst outlined a grounded but massively ambitious roadmap for embodied AI, pushing back against the industry’s rush toward domestic androids.

While startups race to promise domestic androids by late 2026, industry pioneer Agility outlines the massive gaps in data, safety, and economics that keep robots confined to the factory floor.

What began as a one-shift challenge has evolved into a multi-day endurance test for Figure’s Helix-02 neural network, as the company’s "Bob, Frank, and Gary" units attempt to hold the line under the gaze of thousands of live viewers.

As major U.S. robotics firms shift from prototypes to mass production, a clear divide is emerging between the maturity of mechanical hardware and the intelligence of the AI driving it.

Agility CEO Peggy Johnson details the transition from caged "work cells" to open floor operations, a new 50-pound lift capacity for the next-generation Digit, and plans for a late-2026 funding round.

As affordable Chinese hardware like the Unitree G1 floods American labs, security experts and domestic competitors warn of a "Trojan Horse" scenario regarding data privacy and remote hijacking.

A new report from the Wall Street Journal details how Schaeffler is integrating Agility’s Digit humanoid into an active auto-parts plant, marking a shift from logistics pilots to deep industrial manufacturing.

Agility Robotics has officially dropped "Robotics" from its name, unveiling a new brand identity that emphasizes industrial durability and a long-term vision for redefining labor.