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Digit vs SE01 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 SE01 at the research stage, as of 2026.

  • Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0).
  • SE01 has the lower recorded price.
  • Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 1).
  • Digit is at the commercial stage; SE01 at the research stage.
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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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EngineAI SE01 campus long-distance walking test
SE01View full model page →
ManufacturerAgility RoboticsEngineAI
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturitycommercialresearch
Autonomy✓ 1 verified autonomous◐ not independently verified
Availabilityinternal-onlyenterpriseinternal-onlyenterprise
Price$100,000-$250,000 (analyst estimate)$12,000-$26,000 (analyst estimate)
Capability claims
  • Fetches items (autonomous, verified)
  • Picks and packs (demo-only, demonstrated-once)
Brain—
Verified deployments111EngineAI
Privacy practices——
Sources on file456

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Editorial summaries

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.

SE01

EngineAI's SE01 (from EngineAI, Shenzhen) is a 32-degree-of-freedom research humanoid noted for a neural-network natural-gait walking demonstration. DEPLOY records it at research maturity with no verified deployments: the natural-gait footage is demonstration material, not evidence of autonomous deployment, and DEPLOY cap-flags aggregator framing of SE01 as 'autonomous' or commercially deployed. As a smaller-maker research platform it has no consumer price.

Common questions

How do Digit and SE01 differ?
On DEPLOY's record, Digit is further along: at the commercial stage versus SE01 at the research stage, as of 2026. Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0). SE01 has the lower recorded price. Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 1). Digit is at the commercial stage; SE01 at the research stage.
What is the difference between Digit and SE01?
Digit and SE01 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, Digit or SE01?
SE01 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 Digit or SE01 more autonomous?
Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than SE01. 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, Digit or SE01?
Digit has more verified deployments (11) on the DEPLOY registry than SE01 (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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