New batteries let humanoid robot Digit 5 charge for 9 minutes, work for 90

Agility Robotics' next humanoid, Digit 5, will use lightweight batteries from Nyobolt that charge in about nine minutes and then power roughly 90 minutes of work. That 10-to-1 ratio is far better than Digit 4's 2-to-1, letting the robot work more than 20 hours a day instead of spending a third of its time charging. First customers should get the robot in the first half of 2027.

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