Agility Robotics Picks NVIDIA IGX Thor as Sole Compute for Digit 5

One compute platform for Digit 5

Agility Robotics, based in Salem, Oregon, announced on October 22, 2026 that Digit 5 will use NVIDIA IGX Thor for its onboard compute. The company describes the move as an expansion of its collaboration with NVIDIA as it prepares the humanoid for broader commercial deployment.

The new architecture will unify Digit 5's onboard compute on NVIDIA IGX Thor modules. According to Agility, the transition makes NVIDIA the exclusive provider of onboard compute for the general availability version of Digit 5.

Pras Velagapudi, Chief Technology Officer of Agility Robotics, said: "Moving to NVIDIA Thor modules gives us a common foundation as we advance Digit's capabilities and prepare for broad commercial deployment."

Safety work with NVIDIA Halos

The compute decision builds on an earlier collaboration with the NVIDIA Halos safety platform for physical AI deployments. Agility says the work addresses safety at each layer of its development stack.

As part of that effort, the company is integrating NVIDIA IGX Thor and additional NVIDIA Halos models into its proprietary safe human detection system for Digit. Agility says these integrations are intended to:

• expand Digit's current perception capabilities,
• support connections to a broader ecosystem,
• facilitate its ongoing certification and deployment efforts.

Agility also says it was the first company to announce with NVIDIA that it will incorporate elements of NVIDIA Halos into its proprietary safety system. It will take part in the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab, which is meant to support the evaluation of Digit's safety-related software, AI components and cybersecurity protections ahead of final third-party certification.

Deepu Talla, Vice President of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA, said: "Bringing humanoid robots to commercial scale requires AI computing and safety to be engineered together."

Timeline and the move to public markets

Early access to Digit 5 is expected to begin in the first half of 2027, according to Agility. Availability is then expected to increase over the following six to nine months for manufacturing, warehouse and distribution operators.

Agility is also preparing to become a public company through a previously announced business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI (Nasdaq: CCXI). The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. The combined company would operate as Agility Robotics and is expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "AGLT". The companies' registration statement on Form S-4 was declared effective by the SEC on October 13, 2026.

Agility says Digit is commercially deployed today and has logged more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation.

What it means for customers

For operators in factories, warehouses and distribution centers, the announcement points to a single, standardized compute foundation for Digit 5 and a safety approach tied to NVIDIA's Halos tools. Final third-party certification of the safety-related software has not yet happened, according to the release, which describes the inspection lab work as taking place ahead of that step. The timing statements are forward-looking, and Agility notes that its ability to scale manufacturing, deployments and service infrastructure will determine how the rollout proceeds.