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

Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0).
Adam has the lower recorded price.
Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 0).
Digit is at the commercial stage; Adam at the research stage.

Attribute	Digit View full model page →	Adam View full model page →
Manufacturer	Agility Robotics	PNDbotics
Form factor	humanoid	humanoid
Maturity	commercial	research
Autonomy	✓ 1 verified autonomous	◐ not independently verified
Availability	internal-onlyenterprise	preorder-openpreorder
Price	$100,000-$250,000 (analyst estimate)	$45,000 (manufacturer target)
Capability claims	Fetches items (autonomous, verified)	Picks and packs (claimed-only, claimed)
Brain	GR00T N1 (Isaac GR00T) (foundation-model)	—
Verified deployments	11	0
Privacy practices	—	—
Sources on file	45	7

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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.

Adam

Adam, from China's PNDbotics, is a full-size humanoid (~1.6-1.67 m, ~60-63 kg) in several variants (Adam Lite, Adam/Adam SP, the teleop/research Adam-U, Adam Pro), with quasi-direct-drive actuators and five-finger hands. The research-focused Adam-U is offered to research institutions on pre-order at about $45,000; other variants have no published consumer price.

DEPLOY classifies its maturity as research. A China deployment partnership (Tianyong) is stated, not yet a verified deployment.

Common questions

How do Digit and Adam differ?

On DEPLOY's record, Digit is further along: at the commercial stage versus Adam at the research stage, as of 2026. Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0). Adam has the lower recorded price. Digit has more verified real-world deployments (11 vs 0). Digit is at the commercial stage; Adam at the research stage.

What is the difference between Digit and Adam?

Digit and Adam 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 Adam?

Adam 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 Adam more autonomous?

Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than Adam. 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 Adam?

Digit has more verified deployments (11) on the DEPLOY registry than Adam (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Recent coverage

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