Agility is pairing Nyobolt’s battery technology with its Digit 5 humanoid to support rapid recharging in a partnership first reported by Therobotreport. Agility says the fast-recharge system is intended to support more than 20 hours of productive work in a 24-hour day, a measure it links to customer uptime and fleet economics.
The battery system will provide 90 minutes of runtime and recharge in nine minutes, a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio. Agility says that improves on Digit 4’s 2:1 ratio.
Agility chief business officer Daniel Diez described customer uptime as Digit’s business case. He said more than 20 productive hours in a day would amount to more than two full shifts and improve the economics of deploying a humanoid robot fleet.
Nyobolt co-founder and CEO Sai Shivareddy said Digit 5 needs more power from a smaller, lighter pack, and that Agility set a high bar for battery performance in live warehouse and manufacturing environments. Nyobolt says its design combines proprietary anode materials, advanced battery-cell design and integrated power electronics to enable fast charging, high power density, reduced weight and extended lifecycles.
The figures describe different scales: 90 minutes of runtime per charge and a claim of more than 20 productive hours across a 24-hour day. Agility also describes Digit 5 as its first humanoid designed to work safely in close proximity to people at scale.
Agility expects early access to Digit 5 equipped with Nyobolt technology to begin in the first half of 2027, with availability increasing over the following six to nine months.