Agility Robotics Picks Nyobolt Batteries for Digit 5 Humanoid
Agility Robotics has named Nyobolt as the fast-charging battery partner for Digit 5, aiming for more than 20 hours of work a day from the humanoid robot.
The Digit 5 humanoid robot is getting a new battery partner, as Agility Robotics looks to keep its warehouse robot working for longer stretches. Agility Robotics announced on 15 October that it has named Nyobolt as the ultra-fast charging battery partner for Digit 5, the latest version of its humanoid robot. The company says the battery system will help Digit 5 target more than 20 hours of work a day, a notable goal for a robot designed to operate alongside people in warehouses and logistics centres. Digit is built to walk, carry boxes, and handle tasks that are difficult for wheeled robots, such as moving goods across a busy floor.
Battery life is a practical limit for humanoid robots, which use energy to balance, walk, lift, and sense their surroundings. A robot that needs long charging breaks cannot match the pace of a warehouse shift, and it may need spare units to cover the gaps. Fast charging changes that balance, because a robot can top up during short breaks and return to work sooner. Nyobolt is known for batteries that charge quickly, and Agility says the partnership will help Digit 5 spend more time working and less time plugged in. The announcement does not give a full specification for the battery, but the focus on daily operating time shows where Agility sees the main challenge for humanoid robots in real workplaces.
Digit 5 humanoid robot aims for warehouse shifts
The Digit 5 humanoid robot is part of a wider push to bring humanoid robots into warehouses, where they can handle repetitive lifting and moving tasks. Agility has already tested earlier versions of Digit with logistics customers, and the new model is designed to be more capable and more reliable in daily use. The Nyobolt partnership is one of several announcements in the robotics field in mid-October, alongside no-code robot programming tools and AI vision training for factory robots. Together, they show an industry moving from demonstrations to practical deployment, with a focus on uptime, charging, and ease of use. For warehouse operators, a humanoid that can work for most of the day, with short charging stops, is easier to plan around than one that needs long breaks, and that is the gap Agility is trying to close.
Source: Logical Solutions Group
