Agility Robotics

Digit began moving totes in paid pilots at GXO and Amazon.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada contracted seven Agility Digit humanoids (starting with three) for its Woodstock RAV4 plant under a robots-as-a-service deal (~$30/hr per robot) — a pilot-to-commercial step in auto manufacturing.

Agility unveiled Digit 5 on 15 Sep 2026, its first humanoid engineered for what it calls cooperatively safe work — operating close to people without the physical barriers its own Digit 4 required. Added sensors and software detect nearby workers and stop or seat the robot to avoid contact. Hardware gains: 40% more payload for repeated 50 lb lifts, a 90-minute battery that recharges in 9 minutes for a 10:1 run-to-charge ratio, and swappable ISO-standard end-effectors. Early access is set for the first half of 2027 and broader availability for late 2027 in North America, the EU and the UK. Agility disclosed more than $300M in multi-year Digit 5 orders as of May 2026 ahead of its pending Churchill Capital XI listing — a real order-book figure, and one conditioned on contractual milestones for a robot that ships in 2027. Nothing here is certified yet: barrier-free operation in industry is a safety-standards question, and no assessment body has publicly signed off on this design.

Agility Robotics — maker of Digit, the warehouse humanoid already in paid pilots at GXO and Amazon — agreed to go public via a $2.5B (pre-money) merger with Churchill Capital Corp XI, listing as "AGLT" with $600M+ in proceeds ($420M trust + a $200M+ PIPE led by Foxconn-tied Taiwanese investors). Closing is expected in 2026 — a notable public-market entry for a US work-humanoid pure-play as the sector races to scale.