Agility’s new Digit 5 robot lifts 50 pounds, works 20+ hours a day and operates alongside people

Two views of Agility Robotics’ new Digit 5, which is designed to work alongside people without safety barriers. (Agility Robotics Photo) Agility Robotics unveiled the next version of its Digit humanoid robot, which it says is designed to work safely alongside people in warehouses and factories without the barriers that are usually required. The Salem, Ore.-based company, which is preparing to go public through a $2.5 billion SPAC merger, said Digit 5 is its first humanoid built for “cooperativel