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Digit vs Phoenix in 2026

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

Key differences

  • Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous (1 vs 0).
  • Digit has more verified real-world deployments (8 vs 1).
  • Digit is at the commercial stage; Phoenix at the pilot stage.
Attribute
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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Sanctuary AI Phoenix humanoid robot manipulating objects on a table during a timed demonstration. Still from the official Sanctuary AI video "Phoenix at Human-Equivalent Speed" (2024).
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ManufacturerAgility RoboticsSanctuary AI
Form factorhumanoidhumanoid
Maturitycommercialpilot
Autonomy✓ 1 verified autonomous◐ not independently verified
Availabilityinternal-onlyenterpriseannounced-no-dateannounced
Price$100,000-$250,000 (analyst estimate)Not announced
Capability claims
  • Fetches items (autonomous, verified)
  • Picks and packs (teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-once)
Brain
Verified deployments81Sanctuary AI
Privacy practices——
Sources on file4316

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.

Phoenix

Phoenix is an emerging-stage research humanoid from Sanctuary AI, the Canadian company (Geordie Rose, Suzanne Gildert) pursuing a cognitive-architecture approach distinct from foundation-model peers. There is no consumer product, price, or availability on record; the editorial position is honest-absence.

Common questions

What is the difference between Digit and Phoenix?
Digit and Phoenix 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 Digit or Phoenix more autonomous?
Digit has more capabilities independently verified as autonomous on the DEPLOY registry than Phoenix. 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 Phoenix?
Digit has more verified deployments (8) on the DEPLOY registry than Phoenix (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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