The Six-Figure Milestone That Puts Digit Ahead in Race to Deliver ROI to Customers
As those who have worked within logistics facilities know, the proof is in the throughput. To achieve necessary throughput and tackle persistent labor shortages, logistics leaders must find ways to scale operations efficiently and redeploy human talent to higher-value tasks, away from monotonous or repetitive work cycles. New automation technologies are crucial for this transformation. But if that new automation can’t maintain performance across thousands of cycles and handle varying conditions over an extended deployment, it’s a liability, not an asset.
For us here at Agility Robotics, we’ve always dedicated ourselves to moving past the novelty of humanoids and focused on providing an essential operational tool and solution for our customers. Today we celebrate a crucial milestone as Digit, our general-purpose humanoid, has moved over 100,000 totes at GXO’s Flowery Branch facility. True industrial validation requires proving a robot's capacity for high-volume, reliable throughput, effectively establishing a clear, long-term Return on Investment (ROI) and proves that the automation can be scaled successfully across the enterprise. Having a true general-purpose humanoid is the linchpin, but what does that look like and how did we get there?
We often hear the term "general-purpose humanoid," but what does this new category of robot actually mean, and how does it differ from today's automation? A general-purpose humanoid is defined by its human form factor- two legs, two arms, and a torso- which is designed for versatility and adaptability. This form allows the robots to operate within human-centric environments, using the same tools and infrastructure without extensive retrofitting. This capability is what truly separates it from existing robots like fixed robotic arms or autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). While AMRs and robotic arms are highly effective at a single, specialized task like transporting goods or machine tending, humanoids like Digit can perform a wide variety of unrelated tasks within the same workflow. Digit's work has demonstrated this evolution, not only picking items on and off an AMR to a conveyor, but also stacking totes onto a different floor location, proving its capacity for multi-tasking and real-world generalization.
Being able to do these types of tasks reliably and consistently with high weight payload capabilities validates the Agility solution's role as a transformative asset, poised to deliver immediate and sustained productivity gains for our customers.
“AI”, the defining buzzword of the decade. But how does this technology translate from science fiction “buzzword” to valuable and practical applications with today's humanoid robots? Digit is at the forefront of putting AI to work in the real world, and we’re taking a measured, reliable approach to deploying learned methods at scale. Our learning from demonstration pipeline blends traditional control methods, teleoperated demonstrations, policy training, and refinement through reinforcement learning and simulation to deliver new skills and validated behaviors that provide real-world value on customer sites. Real world deployments in dynamic environments are crucial for validating and hardening Digit's core capabilities such as:
Reaching the 100K milestone demonstrates our system's capacity for seamless and consistent integration into existing operational workflows (not just single, isolated behaviors) and proprietary systems at major logistics facilities.
For Third-Party Logistics (3PLs), safety is not merely a compliance check- it’s the financial gatekeeper to all automation investment. Simply put: there is no scale without safety. By deploying Digit long-term in live production environments, Agility is actively proving the viability of safe human-robot teaming.
Agility is dedicated to forging the path for a cooperatively safe humanoid workforce. This commitment builds the operational trust and regulatory confidence required for 3PLs to successfully integrate and scale humanoid technology and unlock the full value of humanoid automation.
This milestone is a shared success, proving what’s possible when technological innovation and operational leadership converge. This achievement requires more than just an advanced robotics solution, it requires a partner like GXO who possesses both a long-term vision for automation and the expertise to integrate it into a live fulfillment environment.
Together, we are building the blueprint for safe, effective, and scalable human-robot collaboration in logistics.
To learn more about our humanoid solution, please visit our solution page.
