Agility targets 25 Digit 5 customer sites by end of 2027, up from nine committed facility deployments today, as it prepares its next humanoid robot for commercial rollout. The new goal appears in investor-day materials filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6.

 

The filing adds four measurable targets:

  • Up to 25 committed customer facilities by end-2027
  • About 100 prospective customers in active discussions or programs
  • Digit 5 access for existing partners in early 2027
  • General availability by the end of 2027

 

Agility Targets 25 Digit 5 Customer Sites

Agility says more than 30 prospective customers are currently in active pipeline discussions or its Customer Acceleration Program. The company wants to expand that figure to roughly 100 by the end of next year while increasing committed sites to as many as 25.

 

The Customer Acceleration Program moves a use case through technical testing, on-site validation and a paid pilot before a broader deployment. Agility’s illustrative schedule puts that process at about six months, although customer facilities, safety approvals and workflow integration can extend the timetable.

 

Current deployments and pilots include industrial and logistics customers. Digit is designed to move materials in environments built for people, allowing companies to automate selected tasks without rebuilding an entire warehouse or production line around fixed machinery.

 

The 2027 site and pipeline figures are management goals, not contracted outcomes or financial guidance. Agility warns in the filing that development delays, manufacturing limits, regulatory requirements and slower customer adoption could materially change the schedule.

 

Digit 5 Extends Reach, Lifting and Daily Output

Digit 5 is designed to lift up to 50 pounds, compared with 35 pounds for Digit 4. Its maximum vertical reach rises from 5.5 feet to 7.2 feet, while changeable end effectors are intended to replace task-specific fixed hands.

 

Agility projects up to 22 hours of battery output during a 24-hour period, versus about 16 hours for the current model. The robot’s stated charge ratio improves from 2:1 to 10:1, meaning substantially more working time for each period spent charging.

 

The company also says Digit 5 is being engineered for cooperative safety so it can work close to people rather than remaining inside a separated workcell. That requires sensing, controlled stopping and force-limited behavior to work reliably together in changing industrial spaces.

 

Those specifications remain development targets. Agility expects a strategic rollout to existing partners in the first half of 2027, followed by broader availability by year-end. Planned European Union and United Kingdom access depends on obtaining CE marking and other regulatory approvals.

 

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The $300 Million Digit 5 Order Book Has Conditions

Agility reports more than $300 million in committed Digit 5 orders. The filing says that amount relates to 1,000 robots under a three-year robots-as-a-service agreement and includes warrants that vest as robots are deployed.

 

The figure is potential multi-year contract value, not current revenue. Payments depend on contractual milestones, deployment progress and customer adoption, so the order book cannot be treated as cash already earned or as proof that all 1,000 robots will enter service.

 

Agility presented two illustrative commercial models. A five-year robots-as-a-service arrangement could generate about $500,000 per robot, while an ownership model with deployment, software and maintenance could generate roughly $400,000 over the same assumed useful life.

 

Those estimates exclude corporate overhead and research costs and depend on forecast production savings. They are useful for understanding Agility’s intended business model, but they are not fixed prices or guaranteed margins for customers or investors.

 

Digit Production Economics Depend on Scale

Agility disclosed a current Digit 4 bill of materials of about $125,000. Its presentation charts further reductions for Digit 5 through engineering changes, component consolidation, supplier development and production volumes reaching 1,000, 5,000 and eventually 10,000 units per year.

 

The company’s RoboFab facility is designed for capacity of up to 10,000 robots annually, but Agility has not demonstrated production at that level. It cautions that projected cost reductions and capacity may not be achieved.

 

Approximately 75% of Digit parts are sourced in the United States, according to the filing. The remaining supply chain includes semiconductors, batteries, sensors, actuators and specialty alloys that remain exposed to trade restrictions, tariffs and component shortages.

 

Digit 5 therefore gives the humanoid industry a test with unusually clear milestones: early partner units in 2027, broader availability by year-end, up to 25 customer sites and a manufacturing curve intended to lower hardware costs. Each target is measurable, and each still depends on execution beyond a successful prototype.