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Agility Robotics promises a Digit 5 humanoid recharged in nine minutes for 90 minutes of work
Agility Robotics plans to fit the next generation of its humanoid, Digit 5, with batteries from the manufacturer Nyobolt, heise online reports.
According to the company, the batteries would allow about 90 minutes of work after nine minutes of charging. Agility Robotics is therefore counting on more than 20 hours of operation a day.
Working time would then be ten times longer than charging time (a ratio of 10 to 1), against twice as long (2 to 1) for the current Digit 4, according to heise.
The two companies have not given a battery lifespan in number of cycles. That is an important figure for a robot that has to recharge often.
The first deliveries to customers are planned for the first half of 2027. The robot should then be more widely available within the following six to nine months, according to heise.
Other manufacturers have taken a different route. Heise cites UBTech's Walker S2, which swaps its own empty battery for a charged one.
Update of 19 October: With these new batteries, the Digit 5 could cover more than two full work shifts each day, Agility Robotics says, as quoted by the German site t3n. Neither Agility Robotics nor Nyobolt has given a figure for the batteries' capacity, t3n also notes.
Sources
- Humanoid.guide · humanoid.guide
- t3n · t3n.de
