GXO to Deploy Agility's Digit Humanoid Robots at Two More US Sites

GXO Logistics will deploy Agility Robotics' humanoid Digit robots at two more US warehouses — Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee — starting early 2027, in the clearest signal yet that humanoid labor is moving beyond a single pilot site.

The announcement, made on October 26, builds on a commercial track record that few in logistics can match. At GXO's Flowery Branch facility in Georgia, Digit robots have moved more than 100,000 totes since their initial deployment. The machines work alongside existing warehouse automation, transferring containers and placing them onto conveyor systems, handling repetitive material-handling tasks and e-commerce fulfillment work.

How the partnership got here

The collaboration started small. GXO and Agility Robotics began working together in late 2023 through a proof-of-concept project at Flowery Branch. In June 2024, they signed a multi-year Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) agreement, which took Digit out of the lab and into live warehouse operations under a commercial arrangement. The deployment also included Agility Arc, a cloud-based platform that manages robot fleets and integrates them with GXO's warehouse systems.

Since then, the companies have refined the technology through day-to-day operational experience rather than staged demos.

"Innovation is most powerful when it delivers practical solutions that create value for our customers and our people," said Patrick Kelleher, CEO of GXO. He framed the partnership as an effort to turn emerging technology into operational improvements, with humanoid robots supporting both employees and customers.

What does the expansion change for shippers?

For now, the honest answer is: scale, not capability. The next phase introduces Digit 4 robots at the two additional facilities, with a planned transition to Digit 5 once that model becomes commercially available. Digit 5, unveiled in September 2026, is designed to operate safely alongside people and perform a wider range of industrial tasks.

The step from one operating warehouse to three matters because it tests whether the Flowery Branch results — tote moves, conveyor integration, uptime — replicate across sites with different layouts and workflows. Neither company disclosed the number of robots planned for the new facilities or the financial value of the expanded agreement.

Across its commercial operations and customer programs, Digit has accumulated more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation, experience Agility says has shaped its next-generation robots.

"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," said Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics. Johnson added that customer conversations have shifted: buyers now ask where humanoid robots can be deployed at scale, not whether the technology can work in warehouses at all.

Agility builds capacity ahead of Nasdaq listing

Agility is preparing for demand on two fronts:

• Manufacturing: RoboFab, a 70,000-square-foot facility in Salem, Oregon, designed for annual production capacity of up to 10,000 robots.
• Support: expanded software, deployment and support capabilities aimed at wider industrial and logistics adoption.

Agility is also preparing to become a publicly traded company through a proposed business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to completion, after which Agility Robotics would trade on Nasdaq under the ticker AGLT.

For GXO, the expansion reflects a broader strategy of layering advanced automation into existing warehouse operations rather than building new sites around it. With deployments beginning in early 2027 and Digit 5 waiting in the wings, the multi-site rollout will offer the logistics industry its first real read on whether humanoid robotics can scale as standard warehouse infrastructure.