# Digit at Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility — deployment

Canonical ID: `1e14f3b7-1090-4868-b636-51998c42e5d9`

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

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-05-28_

- **Slug:** digit-schaeffler
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Digit](/models/digit.md) — id `ec386dec-4329-4776-9bf9-d2ac74abddd5`
- **Company:** [Agility Robotics](/companies/agility-robotics.md) — id `78e42c22-f8b8-4197-b71e-cdd6b64f9aac`
- **Location:** [Schaeffler Manufacturing Facility](/locations/schaeffler-manufacturing-facility.md) — id `e9768361-797a-48ec-af1d-c64fad2862e6`
- **Operator:** [Schaeffler Group](/companies/schaeffler.md) — id `e6a01d9f-0abd-4222-92de-bae67576e4f6`
- **First seen:** 2024-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## 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/

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