Agility Robotics and GXO Logistics are expanding their partnership to deploy Digit at additional GXO sites, first reported by Automatedwarehouseonline. The expansion supports e-commerce fulfillment, with Digit 4 deployments expected in early 2027; GXO CEO Patrick Kelleher said in August that the company had not yet achieved a return on investment (ROI) from humanoid robots.
Agility and GXO have collaborated since 2023. Their first Digit deployment began in late 2023 at GXO’s Flowery Branch, Ga., facility.
Since then, Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes there. The robot works alongside existing automation to move totes and place them onto conveyors, using Agility Arc, Agility’s cloud-based fleet management and integration platform.
At GXO’s second-quarter earnings call in August, Kelleher said the company had run 45 humanoid pilots. He said he thought the company was a couple of years away from ROI and that an additional pilot was launching in Europe shortly.
The expansion adds sites to the partnership, but GXO did not disclose the investment amount or when and if it expects ROI.
Agility says it has invested in infrastructure to manufacture, deploy and support humanoids at scale. Its 70,000 sq. ft. RoboFab facility can manufacture up to 10,000 robots per year, and the company has announced plans for a new 50,000 sq. ft. facility in Pittsburgh to support commercial deployments.
Agility unveiled Digit 5 last month with new legs, designed to operate safely near people and address a wider range of industrial workflows. GXO said it will migrate to Digit 5 when the model becomes commercially available.