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Agility’s robot chief says Digit 5 feels more like a forklift

Semafor reports that humanoids currently cannot operate in factories without physical barriers unless they have third-party certification, because insurers will not cover them without it. Digit 5 is designed to work near people and could be certified next year. Agility’s chief robot officer considers the trade-off necessary. Still, he wrote last month that Digit 5 feels more like a forklift than the graceful humanoid he set out to build—and that he cannot love it.

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