Agility and GXO plan to expand Digit robot deployment
The Robot Report: Agility and GXO Logistics plan expanded deployment of Digit humanoid
Agility and GXO have been collaborating since 2023. Source: GXO Logistics Agility Robotics and GXO Logistics today said they are expanding their partnership to deploy Agility’s Digit humanoid robot in GXO sites in North Carolina and Tennessee. “GXO was the first customer to put Digit to work in live operations under a commercial agreement, and expanding to additional sites is the clearest signal that the value is real,” stated Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility. “Customers are moving beyond asking wh
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Two robotics companies are expanding their partnership to deploy a humanoid robot at additional warehouse sites. The robot has already moved over 100,000 totes at an existing facility since late 2023, demonstrating it can perform repetitive material handling tasks reliably in a live logistics environment. This expansion matters because it represents a shift from testing whether humanoid robots can work to deploying them at scale for commercial value. The partnership began in 2023 and is now moving to new locations, with the companies expecting to begin deployments in early 2027.
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