Agility Robotics: the US maker of the Digit humanoid robot

Agility Robotics is a US company that designs, builds and deploys a single humanoid robot, Digit, intended for manufacturing, distribution and logistics. The version currently in operation at customer sites is Digit v4. Digit 5, unveiled on 15 September 2026, is not yet shipping in volume: Agility plans early access in the first half of 2027. The company builds its robots in its own factory, RoboFab, in Salem, Oregon, claims more than 65,000 hours of operation across nine customer sites, and is preparing to go public through a merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI.

Agility Robotics: a company built around Digit

Agility’s business rests entirely on Digit, a bipedal humanoid designed to handle totes and parts in industrial environments. Regulatory filings tied to its stock market listing, as summarised in the press, indicate that Digit is expected to generate most of the company’s commercial revenue in the near term. A detailed presentation of the robot, its versions and its specifications is available on the Agility Robotics Digit page.

According to its 15 September 2026 press release, Agility employs more than 500 people. Besides RoboFab, it has offices in Pittsburgh, dedicated to engineering and testing, and in Fremont, opened in July 2026. About 75% of Digit’s parts are sourced in the United States. Its current markets are the United States and Canada. Expansion into the European Union and the United Kingdom is planned, starting with Digit 5 early access.

RoboFab factory: announced capacity of 10,000 robots a year

RoboFab is Digit’s production plant in Salem, Oregon. It covers 70,000 square feet. Agility says it can build up to 10,000 robots a year once it reaches full capacity. This figure refers to the facility’s production potential, not to the number of robots built or delivered.

The June 2026 investor presentation puts the bill of materials (BOM) cost of a Digit v4 at about $125,000. Management is targeting a BOM cost of between $50,000 and $100,000 for Digit v5 at scale. These are manufacturing cost targets, not selling prices.

Digit v4 in operation and Digit 5 release timeline

Digit v4 is the version Agility’s customers run today. According to The Robot Report, it has been working at production sites for about three years, and Amazon was involved in early work. The investor presentation describes Digit v4 as “the first humanoid to receive NRTL approval on a customer’s commercial production line”, based on management’s understanding of publicly available information.

Digit 5 was unveiled on 15 September 2026. Agility presents it as the “first cooperatively safe humanoid”. It weighs 129 kg and stands 1.81 m tall, repeatedly lifts up to 22.7 kg (50 lb), is rated for 90 minutes of runtime from 9 minutes of charging, and its legs use a more human-like configuration. Agility states on its website that features, specifications and design may change. Early access is expected in the first half of 2027, with general availability for manufacturing, warehouse and distribution operators at the end of 2027. CE marking and other regulatory markings for the European Union, Great Britain and Northern Ireland are expected, not obtained.

Agility’s documents disagree on the timeline. The June 2026 investor presentation placed the Digit v5 release in 2026, according to management expectations. The 15 September 2026 press release pushes early access back to the first half of 2027. On general availability, Agility says the end of 2027, while the press release about battery supplier Nyobolt (15 October 2026) refers to broader availability “over the following six to nine months” after early access.

On Digit v4 runtime, the presentation gives two indications: a 2:1 run-to-charge ratio and, elsewhere, four hours with autonomous charging. For Digit 5, the launch press release cites “more than 20 productive hours out of 24”, a figure calculated by Agility, whereas the June presentation spoke of about 22 hours. The launch press release also states that Digit 5’s payload is 40% higher than that of the previous generation.

Agility Robotics customers and deployments

The joint press release from Churchill Capital Corp XI and Agility dated 24 June 2026 reports more than 65,000 cumulative hours of operation under deployment commitments across nine customer sites. The investor presentation dates this total to May 2026 and refers to nine committed customer facility deployments. The customers named for these deployments are Schaeffler, GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada and Mercado Libre; the presentation adds Amazon. The same press release mentions a pipeline of more than 30 potential customers for Digit v5. The stated uses fall within manufacturing, distribution and logistics, and are covered in detail on the Industrial humanoid robot page.

Schaeffler, investor and customer

According to The Robot Report (13 November 2024), Schaeffler AG took a minority stake in Agility and bought Digit robots for its global network. Andreas Schick, Schaeffler’s chief operating officer, spoke at the time of the potential for “a significant number of humanoids across our global network of 100 plants by 2030”. The announcement does not name any specific site.

GXO

The investor presentation reports more than 100,000 totes moved with 98% accuracy at GXO in Flowery Branch. Forbes, quoted in an SEC Form 425 filing, places this milestone in November 2025.

AGCO: pilot planned for 2027

On 20 October 2026, AGCO (brands Fendt, Massey Ferguson, PTx and Valtra) and Agility announced a commercial agreement for humanoid automation in manufacturing. A pilot is due to start in 2027 at AGCO’s production site in Hesston, Kansas, using the Digit robot; the press release does not specify the version. The first tasks involve sorting and stacking parts and placing storage totes, with eventual support for assembly and production operations. Both companies expect gains in ergonomics and efficiency, and the redeployment of employees to higher-value tasks. Thomas Enghof, AGCO’s director of Manufacturing Technology, and Daniel Diez, Agility’s Chief Business Officer, are quoted. This is a scheduled pilot, not a deployment in service. The announcement is covered in detail in the article AGCO to test the Digit robot at its Kansas plant.

Digit safety and standards

Agility puts safety at the centre of its messaging on Digit 5: AI-based person detection using several sensors, graduated responses (avoiding, stopping, sitting down), visual and audible signals, and an independent safety controller. The Robot Report specifies that detection covers 360 degrees, with no fixed zones. The company says it is the first humanoid maker whose robot has passed an independent field evaluation to the OSHA standard on a customer’s production line. It acknowledges that some safety functions are still in development and do not eliminate all operational risk.

Agility is project lead for the ANSI/A3 TR R15.108 technical report and contributes to ISO 25785-1, presented as the first international safety standard specific to humanoids. The investor presentation is inconsistent on this point: one slide refers to an “approved standard”, another to a “proposed and led working group”. According to Jonathan Hurst, quoted in our article of 21 October 2026, CE, UL and FCC requirements served as design references, without amounting to a certification already obtained.

Technology and industrial partners

• NVIDIA: Digit 5’s computer is based on NVIDIA IGX Thor and the Halos Core infrastructure; Agility is a launch partner for NVIDIA Halos.
• Nyobolt: the British company, founded in 2019 in Cambridge, supplies Digit 5’s ultra-fast-charging battery, according to the announcement of 15 October 2026.
• Foxconn: leads the private placement (PIPE) associated with the stock market merger.
• Schaeffler: minority shareholder and customer.

Fleet management runs through Agility Arc, the company’s cloud platform for deployment and fleet management, into which Digit 5 is integrated.

SPAC merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI

On 24 June 2026, Agility and the special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp XI announced their merger, which is set to make Agility a listed company under the ticker “AGLT”. The deal values Agility at a pre-money enterprise value of $2.5 billion. Expected gross proceeds exceed $620 million, including a private placement of about $200 million at $10 per share, led by Foxconn. Closing is expected in 2026, subject to conditions.

Regulatory filings related to the deal, as summarised in the press, list several risks: possible delays linked to bipedal locomotion, software, regulation and the supply chain, as well as business concentration on a limited number of customers.

More than $300 million in orders subject to contractual milestones

The 24 June 2026 press release reports more than $300 million in multi-year orders for Digit v5, “subject to the achievement of certain contractual milestones”. A note in the investor presentation specifies that this amount corresponds to 1,000 Digit v5 robots under a three-year Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) contract, with warrants that vest as the robots are deployed. This is a potential value spread over several years and conditional on these milestones, not revenue.

Forbes, quoted in a Form 425, describes a backlog of about 1,000 robots under RaaS.

Agility Robotics financials, business model and illustrative pricing

For 2025, the June 2026 investor presentation gives preliminary unaudited expenses: $37 million in selling, general and administrative expenses and $74 million in research and development, for $111 million in operating expenses. The presentation does not give a 2025 revenue figure; The Robot Report, citing SEC filings, reports $1.8 million in net sales.

The same presentation sets out a business model that it describes as illustrative, not as official pricing. For rental under RaaS, it assumes a subscription of $8,500 per month per Digit, or about $100,000 a year, and a one-off deployment fee of about $25,000, against an assumed deployment cost of about $15,000 for Agility. For a purchase, the illustrative deployment fee is about $20,000 and the five-year cost about $400,000, based on an assumed useful life of five years. Forbes reported the $8,500-a-month figure, attributing it to this presentation. The Digit 5 launch press release states that pricing and RaaS terms are not disclosed. The terms for accessing the robot are covered on the Can you buy a Digit? page.

What we do not know yet

• The official selling price and rental rate of Digit, for both version 4 and version 5.
• The number of Digit robots built at RoboFab, delivered or in service, and the total number of customers.
• The identity of the customer behind the 1,000 robots that account for the more than $300 million in orders, and the timeline for meeting the contractual milestones.
• The exact date of Digit 5 general availability, given the discrepancies between the Agility and Nyobolt press releases.
• Digit’s availability in France and Europe: Agility only announces expansion into the European Union and the United Kingdom starting with early access, with no delivery date.
• Whether CE marking will be obtained, as it is currently only expected, and the exact status of the ISO 25785-1 standard.
• Digit 5’s walking speed, its battery life and independently measured performance, including the productivity of more than 20 hours out of 24 calculated by Agility.
• The number of robots, value and results of the AGCO pilot in Hesston, and the Digit version used.
• The number of robots, timeline and results of the Mercado Libre deployment.
• The size of Schaeffler’s stake and the number of robots it bought.
• The actual closing date of the merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI.
• Access terms for small and medium-sized businesses.

See also: Agility Robotics Digit, humanoid robot profile; Can you buy a Digit?; Industrial humanoid robot; AGCO to test the Digit robot at its Kansas plant; Agility Robotics unveils Digit 5.