GXO and Agility Robotics Bring Digit Humanoids to Two More US Warehouses

Two New Warehouses Join the Humanoid Era

On October 26, logistics giant GXO and Agility Robotics announced that Agility's Digit humanoid robots will go to two more American sites, in Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee. Deployments are expected to start in early 2027.

The news builds on a partnership that began with a small pilot and is now one of the longest-running humanoid trials in a commercial warehouse. The companies have not said how many robots will be sent or what the expanded deal is worth.

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What Digit Does All Day

Digit is a bipedal robot, meaning it walks on two legs, built to handle repetitive material-handling jobs in e-commerce fulfillment. In practice, it picks up plastic containers called totes and sets them onto conveyor belts, working beside the machines already in the building.

That unglamorous job is the point. Warehouses are full of tasks that are dull, heavy and constant, and a robot that fits into spaces designed for people can slot in without rebuilding the floor.

A Track Record Measured in Totes

At GXO's site in Flowery Branch, Georgia, the companies say Digit robots have moved more than 100,000 totes. Across all its customer programs, Agility reports that Digit has logged more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation.

These are company-reported numbers, but they are unusually concrete for the humanoid industry, where many projects remain demonstrations. A hundred thousand totes is a small slice of a large warehouse's volume, yet it shows the robots can keep working outside a lab.

From Pilot to Contract

The partnership began in late 2023 with a proof-of-concept project at Flowery Branch. In June 2024, the two firms signed a multi-year Robots-as-a-Service agreement, in which GXO pays to use the robots rather than buying them outright.

That deal also included Agility Arc, a cloud platform that manages a fleet of Digit robots. The subscription model lowers the upfront risk for the customer, and it gives Agility a steady revenue stream if the robots keep proving useful.

Digit 4 Now, Digit 5 Later

The next phase will use Digit 4, with a planned switch to Digit 5 once that model is commercially available. Agility unveiled Digit 5 in September 2026 and says it is designed to work safely alongside people.

That safety claim is the key to the next stage. Until humanoids can share a floor with workers without fencing, their use stays limited, so the arrival of a cooperatively safe model could widen where Digit can go.

Building Robots in Oregon

To supply demand, Agility has built RoboFab, a 70,000-square-foot factory in Salem, Oregon, designed to produce up to 10,000 robots a year. It is one of the first plants made specifically to build humanoids at volume.

Whether orders will ever fill that capacity is an open question. For now, the factory shows how seriously the company is preparing for a market that, so far, consists of a modest number of paying customers.

Going Public and What Could Go Wrong

Agility plans to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker AGLT through a proposed business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI, a deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. That would make it one of the first humanoid makers to trade publicly.

Risks remain. Deployments at the new sites are still months away, plans can slip, and the companies have kept contract size and robot counts private. GXO chief executive Patrick Kelleher said innovation is most powerful when it delivers practical solutions that create value, a test the robots must keep passing.