What Digit Is and Where It Works Now
Agility Robotics' Digit — a 175 cm bipedal robot — is now running paid commercial work at Amazon, GXO, Toyota, and Schaeffler Group. It is the only bipedal robot currently generating revenue from paying commercial customers, a distinction recognized by The Robot Report's inaugural RBR50 Robot of the Year Award.
We're tracking this story because Digit's multi-site traction sets a concrete benchmark for the broader humanoid robotics funding wave reshaping physical AI investment.
Where Digit Is Deployed
Digit is operating across four active sites:
- Amazon — tote consolidation inside fulfillment centers, initially tested at a facility south of Seattle
- GXO — a full year of continuous operation, unloading totes from autonomous tuggers and loading them onto conveyors
- Toyota — multiple units at a manufacturing plant in Canada for tote loading and unloading, announced in February
- Schaeffler Group — listed as an active deployment partner alongside the others
The Toyota and Schaeffler deployments joined the earlier Amazon and GXO programs. This expanded Digit's footprint across both logistics and automotive manufacturing.
How Digit Works Inside a Warehouse
Digit follows a clean input-to-output loop. LiDAR and computer vision sensors find tote locations and flag obstacles. An onboard AI model picks the best footstep path. The robot's navigation stack then executes that path while holding balance and load stability.
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A recent navigation redesign changed how Digit plans movement. It now solves for globally optimal, minimum-step paths. Before, movement was reactive. The new approach means faster cycle times and higher throughput per shift.
All of this runs through Agility Arc, the company's cloud platform. Agility Arc handles fleet management and speeds up commissioning of new units across distributed sites.
Digit's Key Specs
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Height | 175 cm |
| Weight | 60 kg |
| Max speed | 1.8 m/s |
| Current lift capacity | 16 kg per cycle |
| Next-gen lift target | ~50 lbs (≈43% increase) |
| Sensors | LiDAR, 4 Intel RealSense depth cameras, IMU, encoders |
The next-generation version is expected in late 2025 or early 2026. It is designed to lift up to 50 pounds — a 43 percent improvement over the current 16 kg limit. That opens heavier material-handling tasks that Digit cannot yet take on.
What Amazon Was Testing
GeekWire reported in October 2023 that Amazon was testing Digit for tote consolidation. That means organizing and repositioning storage containers after inventory has been removed. Conveyors and human labor normally handle this task. But some sites lack space for conveyors, or the totes sit too far away to make conveyors practical.
Emily Vetterick, Amazon's director of engineering for robotics, called it "very early stages of testing" at the time. Amazon had previously invested in Agility through its Industrial Innovation Fund.
Agility CEO Damion Shelton described the core problem plainly: "There's an awful lot of what roboticists would call dull, dirty, and dangerous work that people probably shouldn't be doing."
Why the Bipedal Design Matters
Most competing systems fail when they fall. Digit can recover from falls on its own. That is a key operational edge in busy warehouse environments.
Its bipedal form also lets it:
- Move through standard warehouse aisles built for humans
- Work at human-scale stations without modification
- Hand off between autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and conveyors
The one-year continuous run at GXO is the clearest proof of reliability. Digit maintained performance across thousands of cycles, handled variable tote weights, and integrated with existing warehouse software — not just in controlled demos.
What Comes Next
Agility is raising Series C funding. The target is to scale production past 10,000 units per year at its Salem, Oregon factory. The company is also pursuing functional safety certification. That certification would let Digit work directly alongside human workers rather than in separated zones.
A reported $2.5 billion SPAC deal would take Agility public. For investors watching the robotics valuation surge across physical AI companies, Agility's commercial traction gives the deal a concrete operational foundation.
The confirmed next milestone is functional safety certification — the step that would let Digit share a workspace directly with human workers.
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