GXO Expands Agility Robotics Deal, Adding Digit Humanoids at Two New U.S. Sites
GXO Logistics and Agility Robotics are expanding their humanoid robot partnership to two more U.S. sites, in North Carolina and Tennessee. According to the companies, deployments of the Digit robot are expected to begin in early 2027.
- GXO and Agility Robotics will deploy Digit humanoids at GXO sites in Statesville, North Carolina and Lebanon, Tennessee.
- Deployments are expected to begin in early 2027 with Digit 4, moving to Digit 5 once it is commercially available.
- According to the companies, Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes at GXO's Flowery Branch, Georgia site.
- Agility's RoboFab in Salem, Oregon is designed for annual capacity of up to 10,000 robots.
- Agility's merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Two new sites for Digit
GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), which describes itself as the world's largest pure-play contract logistics provider, and Agility Robotics announced on October 26, 2026 that Digit will be deployed at GXO's Statesville and Lebanon sites. Under the expanded agreement, the humanoid robot will support e-commerce fulfillment and take on highly repetitive material-handling tasks.
The deployments are expected to begin in early 2027 using Digit 4. According to the announcement, the robots will migrate to Digit 5 when it becomes commercially available.
From a Georgia pilot to multi-site use
The expansion builds on a relationship that began with a proof-of-concept pilot in late 2023 at GXO's Flowery Branch, Georgia site. In June 2024, the companies signed a multi-year Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) agreement. GXO deployed Digit robots along with Agility Arc, Agility's cloud-based platform for managing robot fleets and integrating them into customer operations. The companies call it the industry's first formal commercial deployment of humanoid robots in live operations and the first RaaS agreement for humanoid robots.
According to the companies, Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes at Flowery Branch. There it works alongside existing automation, moving totes and placing them onto conveyors.
GXO CEO Patrick Kelleher said the expansion "reflects our confidence in the technology's ability to create measurable value for our customers and a better working environment for our teams." Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, said that "customers are moving beyond asking whether humanoid robots can work to deciding where they can scale them."
Agility builds out for scale and a public listing
Agility says Digit has accumulated more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation across its commercial operations and customer programs. That experience informed Digit 5, the next-generation robot the company unveiled on September 15, 2026. Agility says Digit 5 is designed for cooperatively safe work in close proximity to people and will address a broader range of industrial workflows.
To support broader adoption, Agility says it has invested in manufacturing, deployment and support infrastructure. This includes RoboFab, a 70,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon, designed for annual production capacity of up to 10,000 robots. It also includes Agility Arc and expanded software, deployment and service capabilities, among them a recently announced expansion in Pittsburgh.
Agility is also preparing to become a public company through a business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI (Nasdaq: CCXI). The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. The combined company would operate as Agility Robotics and is expected to trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "AGLT."
What it means
For GXO, the move shifts humanoids from a single-site deployment to multiple facilities under an existing commercial model. For Agility, a repeat customer adding sites supports its argument that the technology is moving from pilots toward scaled use. The tasks named remain narrow, repetitive material handling, and the new deployments are still planned for 2027.
