GXO Logistics will put Agility Robotics’ Digit humanoid to work in two more U.S. warehouses, in Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee, starting in early 2027. The companies announced the GXO Agility Digit expansion on Monday. GXO, the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics company by its own description, was the first customer to put Digit to work under a commercial agreement, in 2024.
A first customer coming back for more is the evidence humanoid makers most need, and it landed a week before Agility’s SPAC vote. The fine print is less dramatic. The robots going in first are the current Digit 4, not the Digit 5 Agility is selling investors on, and neither company said how many robots are involved or what GXO is paying.
- What happened: On October 26, 2026, GXO and Agility Robotics said Digit will expand from GXO’s Flowery Branch, Georgia, warehouse to two more U.S. sites, in Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee, for e-commerce fulfillment.
- When: Deployments are “expected to begin in early 2027.” No month was given.
- Which robot: Digit 4 first, moving to Digit 5 once it is commercially available. Agility targets Digit 5 general availability for the end of 2027.
- The catch: No robot count, contract value or price was disclosed. The “industry first” and 100,000-tote figures come from the companies, not an outside audit.
What the GXO Agility Digit expansion covers
According to the joint release, published on GXO’s newsroom and Agility’s site, the GXO Agility Digit expansion is a “new commercial agreement” under which Digit will support e-commerce fulfillment at the Statesville and Lebanon sites, “taking on highly repetitive material-handling tasks.” That is the same kind of job Digit does in Georgia, where it moves totes and places them onto conveyors alongside existing automation.
That’s close to everything the release says about the new sites. It doesn’t say how many robots each warehouse gets, which GXO customers those buildings serve, how long the agreement runs or what it’s worth. It also doesn’t repeat the robots-as-a-service label from the 2024 deal, so the pricing model for the new sites isn’t stated.
“Our partnership with Agility Robotics has been defined by a shared commitment to turning emerging technologies into real-world operational advantage,” GXO CEO Patrick Kelleher said in the release, adding that 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.”
Agility CEO Peggy Johnson called it “the clearest signal that the value is real.” “Customers are moving beyond asking whether humanoid robots can work to deciding where they can scale them,” she said.
Three years at Flowery Branch, in numbers
GXO and Agility started with a proof-of-concept pilot at GXO’s Flowery Branch, Georgia, site in late 2023. In June 2024 they signed a multi-year robots-as-a-service agreement covering Digit robots and Agility Arc, the company’s cloud software for managing robot fleets. The companies call that deal the industry’s first formal commercial deployment of humanoid robots in live operations and the first RaaS agreement for humanoids. That’s the companies’ own label.
Since then, the release says, Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes in Georgia. That’s a meaningful number for a humanoid and a small one for a warehouse. The figure isn’t broken out by robot or by year. Agility’s SPAC investor presentation, as we reported, put the GXO fleet at three robots with 98% accuracy. Across all customers and programs, Agility now claims more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation for Digit.
Digit 4 first, Digit 5 when it ships
The new sites will start on Digit 4, the robot already working in Georgia, and “migrate to Digit 5 when it becomes commercially available.” Agility unveiled Digit 5 on September 15 and pitches it as built for “cooperatively safe” work close to people. In its own release on Monday, Agility said early customer access is expected in the first half of 2027, with general availability targeted for the end of 2027.
That timeline matters for GXO. If the new sites open early in the year, they’ll run the older robot for months before any switch. The release doesn’t say whether GXO pays more for Digit 5, or whether the swap depends on Digit 5 meeting particular specs. Our Digit 5 explainer covers what Agility has and hasn’t published about the new model.
Three more customers Agility won’t name
Agility paired the GXO news with a broader commercial update. It described three new manufacturing customers in “paid programs focused on specific manufacturing needs”: a major global automaker that sells more than three million vehicles a year, one of the world’s largest developers of automotive technology and components, and a global consumer products maker. All three “have chosen not to be identified publicly.” Paid programs aren’t fleet orders, and Agility frames them as a foundation for “potential larger-scale deployments.”
The update also lists customers it has named before: AGCO, whose Hesston, Kansas, pilot is due in 2027; Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada; Schaeffler, also an investor; and Mercado Libre. Agility says it’s talking with more than 30 prospective customers, including two potential subcontractor roles supporting a branch of the U.S. Armed Services. Those talks are “at an early stage, and no agreements have been signed.”
The release repeats the “more than $300 million” in committed multi-year Digit 5 orders, and this time it spells out that the figure “does not represent current-period revenue” and depends on contractual milestones and product specs. Agility’s final SPAC prospectus ties it to one customer, also a related party, for 1,000 Digit 5 robots under a three-year RaaS contract.
Why the timing matters
Agility is going public by merging with Churchill Capital Corp XI. Churchill’s redemption deadline is 5:00 p.m. ET on October 29, and the shareholder vote is November 2, as laid out in our SPAC vote explainer. The companies expect the deal to close in the fourth quarter, with the stock trading on Nasdaq as AGLT. Both October 26 releases carry forward-looking statement warnings tied to that deal, and the legal text counts the two GXO sites on top of “the nine customer facilities for which Agility has reported deployment commitments.” This is not investment advice.
A repeat order from the customer that has used Digit longest is real evidence, more than any demo video. To judge how much, we’d want three numbers neither company gave: robots per site, tasks per robot, and how often a person has to step in. Watch for those when the Statesville and Lebanon robots switch on next year.
Frequently asked questions
Where is GXO deploying Agility’s Digit next?
At two U.S. warehouses: Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee. Digit will handle repetitive material-handling tasks for e-commerce fulfillment, according to the October 26, 2026, joint release. GXO already uses Digit at its Flowery Branch, Georgia, site.
When do the new GXO deployments start?
The companies say deployments are expected to begin in early 2027. They didn’t give a month or say whether both sites start at the same time.
Will GXO use Digit 4 or Digit 5?
Digit 4 first. The release says the sites will migrate to Digit 5 when it becomes commercially available. Agility expects early customer access to Digit 5 in the first half of 2027 and general availability by the end of 2027.
How many Digit robots will GXO deploy?
Neither company has said. The release doesn’t give robot counts, contract length or value for the new sites. Agility’s SPAC investor presentation listed three robots at GXO’s Georgia site.
What has Digit done at GXO so far?
Since a pilot in late 2023 and a multi-year robots-as-a-service deal in June 2024, Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes at Flowery Branch, picking them up and placing them onto conveyors, the companies say.
Sources
- GXO and Agility Robotics, “GXO and Agility Robotics Expand Partnership to Accelerate Deployment of Humanoids in U.S. Operations” (October 26, 2026; Statesville and Lebanon sites, e-commerce fulfillment, early 2027, Digit 4 then Digit 5, Flowery Branch history, 100,000+ totes, Kelleher and Johnson quotes): gxo.com and agilityrobotics.com
- Agility Robotics, “Agility Robotics Highlights Commercial Momentum and Growing Enterprise Demand for Digit Humanoid Robot” (October 26, 2026; three unnamed manufacturing customers, 30+ prospects, defense talks, $300 million wording, 65,000+ hours, Digit 5 timing, nine customer facilities): agilityrobotics.com
- Agility Robotics, “Agility Robotics Expands Pittsburgh Presence to Support Growing Customer Deployments” (October 21, 2026; Churchill XI closing expected in Q4 2026, AGLT ticker): agilityrobotics.com
- Churchill Capital Corp XI / Agility Robotics, final prospectus Form 424B3 (October 13, 2026; 5:00 p.m. ET October 29 redemption deadline, November 2 meeting, $300 million Digit 5 orders from one related-party customer for 1,000 robots on a three-year RaaS term): SEC EDGAR
- Agility Robotics on YouTube, “Digit Gets to Work at GXO” (December 6, 2023): youtube.com/watch?v=NgYo-Wd0E_U
All sources accessed October 27, 2026, between about 7:30 and 7:50 AM ET.
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