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Atlas vs Digit in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, Digit is further along: at the commercial stage versus Atlas at the pilot stage, as of 2026.

  • Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0).
  • Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 3).
  • Atlas is at the pilot stage; Digit at the commercial stage.
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Boston Dynamics all-electric Atlas humanoid robot in a test facility. Still from the official Boston Dynamics video "All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics" (2024).
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Agility Robotics Digit humanoid robot moving a tote onto a conveyor in a warehouse. Still from the official Agility Robotics video "Digit's First Day of Work at GXO" (2024); the frame carries the video's own on-screen caption.
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ManufacturerBoston DynamicsAgility Robotics
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturitypilotcommercial
Autonomy◐ not independently verified✓ 1 verified autonomous
Availabilityinternal-onlyenterpriseinternal-onlyenterprise
PriceNot announced$100,000-$250,000 (analyst estimate)
Capability claims
  • Picks and packs (demo-only, demonstrated-once)
  • Fetches items (autonomous, verified)
Brain
Verified deployments311
Privacy practices——
Sources on file2145

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Editorial summaries

Atlas

Atlas is the cohort's longest-running humanoid research platform, first unveiled (hydraulic) in 2013. Generation discipline matters here: the hydraulic Atlas was retired in 2024; the current electric Atlas, unveiled the same year, is the active research vehicle and inherits the lineage but not the deployment record.

Hyundai's 2020 acquisition reframes the economics: Atlas's pilot at Hyundai's Metaplant America is parent-corp R&D rather than arm's-length commercial pursuit, which keeps the maturity stage at research under DEPLOY's maker-facility rule. Boston Dynamics describes Atlas through research demonstrations; the engineering credibility is the deepest in the cohort, but commercial deployment at named third-party operators is not yet on the record.

Digit

Digit is the cohort's commercial verification anchor: the most-verified-hours humanoid in the registry, with Agility's GXO Flowery Branch deployment doing the load-bearing work. The maker-facility rule applies in reverse here. GXO operates Digit on customer-paid freight inside GXO's own warehouses, which is the commercial-deployment shape that internal-facility pilots from Tesla, 1X, and others do not yet have.

Agility describes Digit's operational envelope as autonomous mobile manipulation in structured logistics; the verification anchor is what operators document at the customer site, not Agility's spec sheet.

Common questions

How do Atlas and Digit differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Digit is further along: at the commercial stage versus Atlas at the pilot stage, as of 2026. Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0). Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 3). Atlas is at the pilot stage; Digit at the commercial stage.
What is the difference between Atlas and Digit?
Atlas and Digit are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
Is Atlas or Digit more autonomous?
Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than Atlas. DEPLOY counts a capability as autonomous only when verified at a real deployment, not from a demo or a vendor claim.
Which has more verified deployments, Atlas or Digit?
Digit has more verified deployments (11) on the DEPLOY registry than Atlas (3). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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