Nyobolt lands second robotics customer, cutting Digit 5's recharge to 9 minutes
What's the deal? UK battery maker Nyobolt has been selected by Agility Robotics to supply the ultra-fast charging battery system for Digit 5, the latest version of Agility's warehouse humanoid robot. The system will cut Digit's recharge time to nine minutes, giving the robot a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio against Digit 4's 2:1.
Why now? Humanoid robotics is shifting from pilots toward commercial use, and uptime is the bottleneck. Agility says Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes at GXODealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →'s facility, while Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada signed a commercial agreement after a yearlong pilot.
What's the endgame? Agility estimates it will deploy roughly 7,000 Digit robots over the next three years, with named customers including Toyota Canada, GXO, and SchaefflerDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Faster charging lets each unit run 90 minutes per charge and potentially work more than 20 hours a day.
The product: Digit 5 pairs Nyobolt's battery with the nine-minute recharge claim as its headline upgrade. The win is Nyobolt's second in robotics after Symbotic, which led the company's roughly $59 million Series C in May 2026 at a valuation of about $936 million.
What could go wrong? The system is not expected to reach early-access customers until the first half of 2027, so the performance claims remain to be demonstrated in deployment. Agility, meanwhile, is going public via a business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XIDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, after which it will trade as "AGLT."
The signal: The deal is a product upgrade tied to a real operational constraint rather than proof that humanoid robots have cracked their economics at scale. For Nyobolt, a second named robotics customer signals that fast charging is becoming a competitive lever as the sector moves toward commercial deployment.
Read more: agilityrobotics.com, The Information
