Digit (v1 to v3)
Digit added a torso, arms and perception to the Cassie legs and was first shown in February 2019. Ford bought the first two units in 2020 for last-mile delivery research, and v2 and v3 added better perception and hands-free manipulation of totes. These versions were superseded by the 2023 Digit.
The verdict
The most deployed humanoid in American warehouses, and one you cannot buy. Agility leases Digit at roughly $8,500 a month with the software and support attached, which is a fair reflection of what it takes to keep one working.
- Buy it if
- Logistics operations running tote handling at scale.
- Skip it if
- You want to own hardware.
In its favour
- Real, paid, multi-site deployments
- Lease includes support
- Purpose-built for one job it does well
Against it
- No public price and no sale
- Narrow task set
- Enterprise-only relationship
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
Similar money, different machine.
- Status
- Retired
- Category
- logistics
- First revealed
- February 2019
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- n/a
- Weight
- n/a
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Early Digit versions (2019 to 2022) sold to Ford and research customers; superseded by the 2023 Digit with head and hands.
What stands out
- First shown February 2019
- Ford bought the first two units (2020)
- Tote handling demos 2021 to 2022
Price and volume
early units reportedly sold for around USD 250,000; not confirmed by Agility
Where Digit (v1 to v3) works.
| Customer | Site | Sector | Task | Since | Status | Units | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaeffler | Schaeffler manufacturing plants (locations not disclosed), Germany | automotive | Intralogistics and material handling in Schaeffler plants | Oct 2024 | announced | n/d | autonomous |
| Amazon | Amazon robotics research and development facility near Seattle, Washington, United States | logistics | Tote recycling: picking up empty totes and moving them to conveyors | Oct 2023 | unclear | n/d | autonomous |
| GXO Logistics (Spanx contract) | Spanx distribution facility, Flowery Branch, Georgia, United States | logistics | Moving totes from autonomous mobile robots onto conveyors | Oct 2023 | active | n/d | autonomous |
| Ford Motor Company | Ford research, Michigan, United States | logistics | Research on last mile package delivery from autonomous vans to the doorstep | Jan 2020 | ended | 2 | mixed |
Milestones.
GXO signs the first commercial humanoid Robots as a Service agreement with Agility
After a pilot at a Spanx facility in Georgia, GXO Logistics signs a multi year agreement to deploy Digit as a service, moving totes from autonomous mobile robots to conveyors. It is described as the first formal commercial deployment of humanoids in logistics.
Amazon starts testing Digit in a Washington warehouse
Amazon announces at its Delivering the Future event that it is testing Digit for tote recycling at a facility south of Seattle, after investing in Agility through its Industrial Innovation Fund. It is the first humanoid pilot at Amazon.
Ford becomes the first customer for Digit
At CES 2020, Ford and Agility announce that Ford will take the first two production Digit units to research last mile delivery from self driving vans. It is the first sale of a commercial humanoid to a carmaker.
Agility Robotics introduces Digit
Digit adds a torso, arms and perception sensors to Cassie's legs to create a bipedal robot for logistics. It is the first humanoid marketed for commercial package handling.
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Other robots by Agility Robotics.
Cassie
Cassie was a legs-only bipedal robot derived from Oregon State University's ATRIAS research and sold by Agility Robotics to universities from 2017. Its ostrich-like legs became a common platform for reinforcement learning locomotion research. It set a 100 m record for bipedal robots in 2022.
Digit
The 2023 Digit added a head, improved hands and a taller frame, and is the version Agility Robotics sells as a service for moving totes in warehouses. It was the first humanoid with a paid, multi-year commercial deployment (GXO, 2024) and is built at Agility's RoboFab factory. Schaeffler invested in Agility in 2024 and planned to deploy Digit in its plants.
Sources
- 01Agility RoboticsWikipedia
- 02Agility RoboticsAgility Robotics
Price sources
- 01Humanoid robots for sale: 2026 guideThere's A Robot For That · 2026-08-15
- 02Humanoid robots for sale: prices and US legalityRoboZaps · 2026-07-28
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