GXO and Agility Robotics Expand Partnership to Accelerate Deployment of Humanoids in U.S. Operations
Key Highlights
- ➤Digit deployments expand to GXO sites in North Carolina and Tennessee in 2027
- ➤Digit moved more than 100,000 totes at GXO's Flowery Branch facility
- ➤Deployments at Statesville and Lebanon are expected to begin in early 2027
- ➤Digit 4 deployments will migrate to Digit 5 when commercially available
- ➤Agility Robotics expects Churchill XI combination to close in fourth quarter 2026
Expert Statements
Patrick Kelleher, CEO of GXO
“Innovation is most powerful when it delivers practical solutions that create value for our customers and our people.”
Patrick Kelleher, CEO of GXO
“Our partnership with Agility Robotics has been defined by a shared commitment to turning emerging technologies into real-world operational advantage.”
Patrick Kelleher, CEO of GXO
“Together, we've helped pioneer the use of humanoid robotics in the warehouse and this 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
“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.”
Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics
“Customers are moving beyond asking whether humanoid robots can work to deciding where they can scale them.”
Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics
“Years of experience performing real work in GXO's operations have shaped how we build, deploy and support Digit, and we're focused on disciplined execution as we grow this partnership.”
Digit humanoid robots to expand to additional GXO sites in 2027, building on industry-first Robots-as-a-Service agreement
GREENWICH, Conn. and Salem, Ore., Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, and Agility Robotics, a leading humanoid robotics and physical AI company, today announced an expansion of their pioneering partnership to advance humanoid automation in logistics with deployments of Agility’s Digit humanoid robot to GXO sites in North Carolina and Tennessee.
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