The full cost of work, evidence and accountable operation.
Digit's commercial model puts completed work ahead of the robot's sticker price ↗
GXO's deployment and the Digit 5 roadmap show why unit cost alone cannot describe humanoid economics. Support, utilization and task reliability decide the result.
The October 2026 partnership describes manual overrides and external safety interfaces. Those details matter when a robot is being set up, repaired or recovered.
A home evaluation, a commercial handling task and a product launch each provide evidence. Reading them as the same kind of milestone produces misleading conclusions.