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Clone Protoclone 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 Clone Protoclone at the research stage, as of 2026.

  • Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0).
  • Clone Protoclone has the lower recorded price.
  • Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 0).
  • Clone Protoclone is at the research stage; Digit at the commercial stage.
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Protoclone: Bipedal Musculoskeletal Android V1
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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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ManufacturerClone RoboticsAgility Robotics
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturityresearchcommercial
Autonomy—✓ 1 verified autonomous
Availabilitypreorder-openpreorderinternal-onlyenterprise
Price$20,000 (manufacturer target)$100,000-$250,000 (analyst estimate)
Capability claims—
  • Fetches items (autonomous, verified)
Brain—
Verified deployments011
Privacy practices——
Sources on file845

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Editorial summaries

Clone Protoclone

Clone Robotics is accepting reservations for the Clone Alpha, a limited first edition of 279 units, through its own website. No purchase price has been published. The reservation availability is verified from the maker's page; the price is not disclosed.

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 Clone Protoclone and Digit differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Digit is further along: at the commercial stage versus Clone Protoclone at the research stage, as of 2026. Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0). Clone Protoclone has the lower recorded price. Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 0). Clone Protoclone is at the research stage; Digit at the commercial stage.
What is the difference between Clone Protoclone and Digit?
Clone Protoclone 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.
Which is cheaper, Clone Protoclone or Digit?
Clone Protoclone has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Digit. Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
Is Clone Protoclone or Digit more autonomous?
Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than Clone Protoclone. 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, Clone Protoclone or Digit?
Digit has more verified deployments (11) on the DEPLOY registry than Clone Protoclone (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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