| Entity | GXO Logistics, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Counterparty | Agility Robotics |
| Date | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Announced |
| Instrument | Expanded multi-year RaaS agreement |
| Region | U.S. & Allies |
GXO Logistics, Inc. and Agility Robotics announced on October 26, 2026 an expansion of their multi-year Robots-as-a-Service agreement to deploy Digit humanoid robots at GXO sites in Statesville, North Carolina and Lebanon, Tennessee. The deployments, expected to begin in early 2027 using Digit 4 and migrate to Digit 5 when commercially available, will support e-commerce fulfillment by handling highly repetitive material-handling tasks. This follows the 2024 industry-first commercial RaaS deployment of Digit at GXO’s Flowery Branch, Georgia site, where Digit has moved more than 100,000 totes.
Who this affects
- For exporters: GXO, the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, is scaling Digit into additional U.S. e-commerce fulfillment sites for repetitive material handling.
- For investors: Agility is preparing to become a public company via business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI (Nasdaq: CCXI), expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, after which the combined company will trade as Agility Robotics under ticker AGLT.
- For counsel/compliance: The expanded multi-year RaaS agreement builds on the June 2024 agreement under which GXO deployed Digit and Agility Arc, the cloud-based platform for managing robot fleets.
- For policymakers: Not specified in the record.
The read
The expansion moves from a single-site proof-of-concept (late 2023) and multi-year RaaS (June 2024) at Flowery Branch—where Digit has logged more than 100,000 tote moves and, across commercial operations and customer programs, more than 65,000 hours of real-world operation—to two additional U.S. sites. Digit 5, unveiled September 15, 2026 and informed by that operating record, is designed for cooperatively safe work in close proximity to people and a broader range of industrial workflows; the sites will start on Digit 4 and migrate when Digit 5 is commercially available. Agility’s supporting infrastructure includes RoboFab (70,000-square-foot facility in Salem, Oregon, capacity up to 10,000 robots annually), Agility Arc, and expanded software, deployment, and service capabilities including the Pittsburgh expansion.
What was the action?
GXO Logistics, Inc. and Agility Robotics announced the expansion of their partnership to deploy Agility’s Digit humanoid robot to GXO sites in North Carolina and Tennessee.
What’s the penalty / scope, and how is it set?
No penalty is stated. Under the expanded agreement, Digit will support e-commerce fulfillment at GXO’s Statesville and Lebanon sites by taking on highly repetitive material-handling tasks. Deployments are expected to begin in early 2027 using Digit 4 and will migrate to Digit 5 when it becomes commercially available. The original June 2024 multi-year RaaS agreement was the industry’s first formal commercial deployment of humanoid robots in live operations and the first RaaS agreement for humanoid robots.
Who else is exposed?
Not specified in the record.
What happens next
Deployments at the Statesville and Lebanon sites are expected to begin in early 2027 with Digit 4, followed by migration to Digit 5 when commercially available. Agility’s business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
"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,"Agility Robotics Press Release, October 2026 →