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Digit at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility

Agility Robotics' bipedal humanoid designed for warehouse and logistics work, carrying up to 16 kg per cycle on a 4-hour battery. Amazon began testing Digit in October 2023 for tote recycling at a fulfillment R&D center south of Seattle; GXO Logistics signed a multi-year deployment agreement in June 2024 and logged over 100,000 totes moved by November 2025; Mercado Libre deployed Digit at its San Antonio, Texas fulfillment center in late 2025. Agility's RoboFab facility in Salem, Oregon (70,000 sq ft, targeting 10,000-plus units per year at scale) opened in 2023 as the world's first dedicated humanoid robot manufacturing factory.

Digit by Agility Robotics · Operated by Schaeffler Group · Machine verified

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Machine-readable surfaces

Schaeffler Group, the German motion-technology company, announced November 13, 2024 a combined customer agreement and strategic minority investment in Agility Robotics, committing to deploy Digit across its global manufacturing network. Pilots began 2025 and, per March 2026 reporting, Digit transitioned to full-time 8-hour shifts at a Schaeffler factory. Schaeffler has stated intent to deploy a significant number of humanoids across approximately 100 plants by 2030. Schaeffler also partners with NVIDIA for AI and simulation.

Key facts

Operator scale
Schaeffler: German motion technology, ~84,000 employees, 50+ countries
Agreement
Combined customer agreement + strategic minority investor in Agility Robotics (November 13, 2024)
Robot dimensions
Digit: 5'9", 143 lb, bird-leg bipedal
Progression
Agreement Nov 2024, pilots 2025, full-time 8-hour shifts March 2026
Strategic intent
Significant humanoid deployment across approximately 100 global plants by 2030
Schaeffler COO
Andreas Schick
Adjacent partnership
NVIDIA partnership for AI and simulation

Exposure

Customer segment
manufacturing
Scale tier
undisclosed
Customer
(registry company)

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Digit at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Machine verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Digit
Company
Agility Robotics
Location
Germany/Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility
Operator
Schaeffler Group
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
2024-11-13
ID
1e14f3b7-1090-4868-b636-51998c42e5d9

Timeline

  1. Nov 2024
    First recorded
    Digit first documented operating at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility.
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

Claimed vs. verified

Agility Robotics claims 75 Digit units in the field. DEPLOY has independently verified 8 deployment sites.

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On the deployment map

Digit operates in Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility. Explore the full verified map:

Verifications (1)

  • Machine verified by DEPLOY content-agent (Sprint 1.5 re-verification)2026-05-30

    Evidence: https://www.agilityrobotics.com/

    asOf
    2026-05-30
    basis
    Confirmed active in Agility Robotics' 2026 commercial deployment set (Digit is the most-deployed commercial humanoid; 100,000+ totes moved at GXO; multi-year RaaS agreements). Schaeffler: among Agility's leading commercial deployers (since Nov 2024).
    status
    active

Sources (4)

  1. Agility Robotics: Schaeffler customer agreement + strategic investment (Nov 13, 2024) · https://www.agilityrobotics.com/
  2. The Robot Report: Schaeffler + Agility deployment coverage · https://www.therobotreport.com/
  3. RoboHorizon: Digit transitions to full-time 8-hour shifts at Schaeffler (March 2026) · https://robohorizon.com/
  4. Schaeffler Tomorrow: Agility partnership and 100-plant intent · https://www.schaeffler-tomorrow.com/
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

3
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
secondary-trade-publication
Trade publication

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Methodology surface for Digit at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility.

Common questions

What is the Digit deployment at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility?
Digit, built by Agility Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility on the DEPLOY registry. Schaeffler Group operates the deployment.
Who operates Digit at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility?
Schaeffler Group operates this deployment as a customer of Agility Robotics, the manufacturer of Digit.
When did the Digit deployment at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting November 13, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Digit deployment at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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