GXO Sends Agility Robotics' Digit Humanoid to Two More US Warehouses

A Warehouse Experiment Becomes a Habit

On October 26, logistics giant GXO announced it will put Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid to work at two more American sites, in Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee. It is the clearest sign yet that a robot shaped like a person can earn a permanent place in a working warehouse.

For shoppers, the change is easy to miss but real: the boxes behind an online order are increasingly lifted and carried by machines. GXO says the new deployments should begin in early 2027, extending a partnership that started with a single site in Georgia.

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What Digit Actually Does All Day

Digit is a two-legged, two-armed robot built to move totes, the stackable plastic bins that carry goods around a warehouse. It picks them up from one place, walks them to another and sets them down, repeating a task that tires human workers and rarely needs creativity.

According to the announcement, Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes at GXO's Flowery Branch facility in Georgia, under a multi-year agreement that began in June 2024. GXO describes it as the first formal commercial deployment of a humanoid robot in live operations.

Why Build a Robot That Walks on Two Legs

Warehouses were designed for people: narrow aisles, steps, shelves at human height. A robot with a human-like body can slot into those spaces without owners tearing out floors or rebuilding racks, which is the core pitch for humanoids over wheeled machines.

That promise comes with a catch. Legs and arms are harder to build and keep running than wheels. Agility says Digit has now logged more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation, the kind of track record buyers want before trusting a new machine.

A Newer Model Is Already on the Way

The two new GXO sites will start with Digit 4, the current version, and then move to Digit 5 once it becomes commercially available. Agility unveiled Digit 5 on September 15, 2026, and says early customers should get access in the first half of 2027.

General availability is targeted for the end of 2027. The company has previously disclosed more than 300 million dollars in committed multi-year orders for Digit 5, though it stresses this is potential value tied to milestones and specifications, not revenue it has already booked.

Carmakers, Tractor Makers and a Growing Customer List

GXO is not alone. In a separate update the same day, Agility said three manufacturers are in paid programs, though they asked not to be named: a global automaker selling more than three million vehicles a year, a major automotive technology supplier and a large consumer products maker.

Named customers include agricultural equipment maker AGCO, which announced a Digit pilot at its Hesston, Kansas, plant on October 20, and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, which signed a commercial agreement after a successful pilot. Schaeffler and Mercado Libre also appear on the list.

A Factory in Oregon Built for Thousands of Robots

Selling robots is one thing; making them is another. Agility builds Digit at RoboFab, a 70,000-square-foot plant in Salem, Oregon, designed to produce up to 10,000 robots a year. It also runs Agility Arc, a cloud platform that lets customers manage whole fleets from one screen.

The company is expanding in Pittsburgh as well, adding software, deployment and service staff. Backers include NVIDIA, Amazon, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Schaeffler and Foxconn, a roster that signals how seriously large industrial players take the category.

Going Public in the Final Stretch of 2026

Agility is also heading to the stock market. It plans to merge with Churchill Capital Corp XI, a so-called blank-check company that exists to take private firms public. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, with shares trading on Nasdaq under the ticker AGLT.

The company said the US securities regulator declared its filing effective on October 13. It also warned of risks, including shareholders pulling money out of the deal, which could leave the combined company short of cash, and possible regulatory delays.

What to Watch Before the Robots Arrive

Agility says more than 30 prospective customers are in talks, across sectors from aerospace to e-commerce. It also mentions two early-stage conversations about supporting a US military branch through subcontractors, but notes that no agreements have been signed.

The real test comes in 2027, when the new GXO sites open. Moving bins reliably, safely and cheaply enough to beat the alternatives is the bar. Until those numbers are public, the results remain the company's claims rather than independently proven savings.