Agility Robotics Selects Nyobolt as its Ultra-Fast Charging Battery Technology Partner for Digit 5
Quick Answer
Agility Robotics partners with Nyobolt to enhance Digit 5's battery system, enabling over 20 hours of work in 24 hours with a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio.
Quick Take
The new technology allows for 90 minutes of runtime with just 9 minutes of charging, significantly improving operational efficiency for humanoid robots in industrial settings.
Key Points
- Digit 5 features a fast recharge battery system with a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio.
- Nyobolt's technology allows Digit 5 to operate over 20 hours in a day.
- The new battery charges in just 9 minutes, enhancing productivity.
- Early access to Digit 5 is expected in the first half of 2027.
- Agility Robotics plans to go public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI.
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What happened
Agility Robotics has partnered with Nyobolt to integrate ultra-fast charging battery technology into its Digit 5 humanoid robot. This new battery system allows Digit 5 to operate for over 20 hours within a 24-hour period, with a run-to-charge ratio of 10:1, significantly enhancing its efficiency in industrial applications.
Key evidence
- Digit 5 features a battery system that provides 90 minutes of runtime after just 9 minutes of charging, a substantial improvement over the previous model's 2:1 ratio.
- Nyobolt's battery technology is designed for demanding industrial environments, addressing power constraints that have historically limited robot utilization.
- Early access to Digit 5 with Nyobolt's battery technology is anticipated to begin in the first half of 2027, targeting manufacturing and distribution sectors.
Why it matters
The collaboration between Agility Robotics and Nyobolt aims to enhance the operational efficiency of humanoid robots in industrial settings. By significantly reducing downtime through rapid charging, the partnership could improve the economic viability of deploying robotic fleets, making them more attractive to businesses looking to automate labor-intensive tasks.
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~5 min readAgility Robotics Selects Nyobolt as its Ultra-Fast Charging Battery Technology Partner for Digit 5
Nyobolt's Battery Technology Enables Digit 5 to Work More Than 20 Hours in a 24-hour Day
Agility Robotics, a leading humanoid robotics and physical AI company, today announced that Nyobolt, a pioneer of high-power, ultra-fast charging solutions, is the technology provider to Agility. The technology powers one of Digit® 5's most significant upgrades: a fast recharge battery system that enables Digit to work more than 20 hours in a 24-hour day.
Agility recently unveiled Digit 5 as its first humanoid robot designed for cooperatively safe work at scale, allowing it to work in close proximity to people. As part of its upgrades, Digit 5 will feature a new battery system that delivers 90-minutes of runtime and charges in just 9 minutes, achieving a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio, up from Digit 4's 2:1 ratio. This rapid charge capability is designed to keep Digit working, enabling more than two shifts in a single day and helping customers get more from each robot.
"For our customers, Digit's uptime is the business case," said Daniel Diez, Chief Business Officer of Agility Robotics. "Digit 5 will deliver more than 20 hours of productive work in a 24-hour day, more than two full shifts. That's the kind of gain that materially improves the value customers get from Digit and the economics of deploying a humanoid robot fleet. Nyobolt's ultra-fast charging technology gets us there, and it's one of the pieces that makes Digit 5 ready for full-scale operation."
Nyobolt's unique high-power battery technology is built for demanding industrial conditions, combining fast charging, exceptional cycle life, and reduced system weight. By removing the power bottleneck that has historically constrained autonomous robot fleet economics, the system addresses a key constraint on robot utilization: downtime. The result is a compelling potential advantage for Digit 5 customers, who can target longer operating windows, more productive shifts and more demanding task sequences. Combined with Agility's experience deploying humanoid robots in real commercial environments, this battery performance is designed to strengthen Digit's value proposition for warehouse, distribution and manufacturing operations.
"Nyobolt's technology was chosen because Digit 5 will need more power from a smaller, lighter pack, in environments where reliability isn't optional," said Sai Shivareddy, Co-founder and CEO at Nyobolt. "Agility set an exceptionally high bar for what a battery has to withstand in live warehouse and manufacturing environments, and this partnership shows what's possible when ultra-fast charging is engineered for the toughest conditions in physical AI."
Early access to Digit 5 equipped with Nyobolt's battery technology is expected to begin in the first half of 2027, with increasing availability over the following six to nine months for manufacturing, warehouse and distribution operators.
Agility is preparing to become a public company through its previously announced business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI (Nasdaq: CCXI) ("Churchill XI"). The business combination is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, after which the combined company will operate as Agility Robotics and is expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "AGLT."
About Agility Robotics
Headquartered in Salem, Oregon, with offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Fremont, California, Agility Robotics' mission is to build robot partners that augment the human workforce. Agility's groundbreaking general-purpose humanoid robot, Digit, is the first multi-purpose, human-centric robot that is Made for Work® and commercially deployed today. With more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation combined with industry-leading safety standards, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential. To learn more, visit agilityrobotics.com.
Agility, the Agility logo, Digit, Agility Arc, RoboFab, and Made for Work are trademarks of Agility Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About Nyobolt
Nyobolt is a pioneer in high-power, fast-charging energy solutions that deliver mission-critical uptime for power-demanding industries. Founded in 2019, the company is leading the Instant Power revolution by combining proprietary anode materials, advanced battery cell design, and integrated power electronics to unlock ultrafast charging, exceptional power density, and extended lifecycle.
With a robust patent portfolio and a global footprint, Nyobolt unlocks next-gen industrial performance across AI datacenters, Physical AI applications (Robotics & Humanoids), and mobility applications. Its solutions reduce total cost of ownership while meeting the performance and reliability demands of an always-on world. For more information, please visit www.nyobolt.com.
About Churchill Capital Corp XI
Churchill XI is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It may pursue an initial business combination target in any business or industry.
— Originally published at roboticstomorrow.com
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