GXO Signs Industry-First Multi-Year Agreement with Agility Robotics
June 27 2024 - 4:30PM
GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), the world’s largest pure-play
contract logistics provider, and Agility Robotics, creator of the
leading bipedal Mobile Manipulation Robot (MMR) Digit®, announced
today that they have signed a multi-year agreement to begin
deploying Digit in GXO’s logistics operations. This agreement,
which follows a proof-of-concept pilot in late 2023, is both the
industry’s first formal commercial deployment of humanoid robots
and first Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) deployment of humanoid robots.
“We’re building on the success of last year’s groundbreaking
pilot with Agility by deploying fully operational Digit humanoids
into a live warehouse environment,” said Adrian Stoch, Chief
Automation Officer, GXO. “Our R&D approach is to partner with
developers all over the world to help them build and validate
practical use cases that improve the working environment for our
employees while optimizing operations for our customers. Agility
shares this philosophy, and Digit is the perfect addition to work
alongside our people in our fulfillment center. We’re delighted to
progress our partnership through this critical milestone.”
As part of the RaaS agreement, GXO is deploying Digit robots and
Agility Arc™, Agility’s cloud automation platform for deploying and
managing Digit fleets. Digit is a multi-purpose, human-centric
robot made for logistics work, and designed to work safely in human
spaces and help with a variety of repetitive tasks. Agility Arc is
designed to simplify the deployment lifecycle, from facility
mapping and workflow definition to operational management and
troubleshooting.
In the SPANX facility, Agility’s solutions integrate with
existing automation, including Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs).
Expanding on last year’s pilot, Digit robots are assisting with
repetitive tasks such as moving totes from cobots and placing them
onto conveyors, all orchestrated through Agility Arc. Under the
RaaS agreement, the companies will continue to explore additional
use cases and scale Digit usage to meet demand throughout the
deployment. To see Digit in action at GXO, watch this
video.
“There will be many firsts in the humanoid robot market in the
years to come, but I’m extremely proud of the fact that Agility is
the first with actual humanoid robots deployed at a customer site,
generating revenue, and solving real-world business problems,” said
Peggy Johnson, CEO, Agility Robotics. “Agility has always been
focused on the only metric that matters - delivering value to our
customers by putting Digit to work - and this milestone deployment
raises the bar for the entire industry.”
Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine (SDCE) recently
recognized GXO as the overall winner of the 2024 Top Supply Chain
Projects awards for its groundbreaking pilot with Digit.
About GXO Logistics
GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO) is the world’s largest pure-play
contract logistics provider and is benefiting from the rapid growth
of ecommerce, automation and outsourcing. GXO is committed to
providing a diverse, world-class workplace for more than 130,000
team members across more than 970 facilities totaling approximately
200 million square feet. The company partners with the world’s
leading blue-chip companies to solve complex logistics challenges
with technologically advanced supply chain and ecommerce solutions,
at scale and with speed. GXO corporate headquarters is in
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. Visit GXO.com for more information
and connect with GXO on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram and
YouTube.
About Agility RoboticsHeadquartered in Corvallis, Oregon,
with offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Palo Alto, California,
Agility Robotics’ mission is to build robot partners that augment
the human workforce, ultimately enabling humans to be more human.
Agility’s groundbreaking bipedal Mobile Manipulation Robot (MMR)
Digit is the first multi-purpose, human-centric robot that is made
for work™.
Forward-Looking Statements This release includes
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other
than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be,
forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the
future performance of its customer solutions. These forward-looking
statements are qualified by cautionary statements regarding unknown
risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as can be found in GXO’s
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and
accessed through the company’s website http://www.gxo.com.
Media contactsMatthew Schmidt +1
203-307-2809 matt.schmidt@gxo.com
Tim SmithElement Public Relations, for Agility
Robotics415-350-3019
media@agilityrobotics.com
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