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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.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Operator scale","value":"Schaeffler: German motion technology, ~84,000 employees, 50+ countries"},{"label":"Agreement","value":"Combined customer agreement + strategic minority investor in Agility Robotics (November 13, 2024)"},{"label":"Robot dimensions","value":"Digit: 5'9\", 143 lb, bird-leg bipedal"},{"label":"Progression","value":"Agreement Nov 2024, pilots 2025, full-time 8-hour shifts March 2026"},{"label":"Strategic intent","value":"Significant humanoid deployment across approximately 100 global plants by 2030"},{"label":"Schaeffler COO","value":"Andreas Schick"},{"label":"Adjacent partnership","value":"NVIDIA partnership for AI and simulation"}],"reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-05-28T12:02:28.396Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-28T12:02:28.478Z","model":{"id":"ec386dec-4329-4776-9bf9-d2ac74abddd5","companyId":"78e42c22-f8b8-4197-b71e-cdd6b64f9aac","modelName":"Digit","slug":"digit","description":"Agility Robotics' bipedal humanoid designed for warehouse and logistics work (bulk material handling, tote moving). 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Among the earliest to pursue real commercial deployments (e.g., warehouse logistics pilots, and a reported Robots-as-a-Service agreement with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada). 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Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Schaeffler manufactures bearings, linear motion components, electric drives, and industrial automation systems, with significant exposure to automotive supply chains. The company has been publicly named alongside GXO, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, and Amazon as a Fortune 500 deploying customer for Agility Robotics' Digit humanoid. Schaeffler's deployment scope is less publicly detailed than the GXO or TMMC operations, but its inclusion in Agility Robotics' enterprise customer roster places Schaeffler among the small set of European industrial operators that have moved from humanoid-pilot to commercial deployment.\n\nSchaeffler's significance is as a European industrial-supply-chain operator validating humanoid deployment outside the automotive-OEM lens. While BMW, Toyota, and Hyundai are end-product automotive manufacturers, Schaeffler operates further up the supply chain in motion-technology components. The fact that an industrial-components manufacturer rather than a finished-vehicle assembler is among the named Agility commercial deployers signals that humanoid value is being recognized across the automotive supply chain, not just at the OEM assembly tier.\n\nEntity depth note: this is an initial entity build with relatively thin public disclosure compared to GXO, BMW, Amazon, Toyota, and Hyundai. As Schaeffler's humanoid deployment scope becomes more publicly detailed in 2026-2027, the entity should be deepened. 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