Agility Digit deploys 7+ units at Toyota Canada — RAV4 material handling becomes the first multi-unit OEM humanoid deployment outside Figure
Agility Robotics has 7+ Digit units active at Toyota Canada handling materials for RAV4 production, becoming the second confirmed sustained-deployment humanoid program at a major OEM after Figure's BMW work. Unitree shipped 5,500+ units in 2025 and is targeting 10–20k in 2026; 1X NEO has preorders open. The shape of the humanoid market is now visible: a handful of programs at OEMs, mass-market consumer launches pushed to 2027.
The Toyota Canada deployment matters because it's a different OEM, a different vehicle program, a different country, and a different robot company than Figure-BMW. Two independent OEM deployments establishes the category as commercially real rather than a single-customer marketing story. Material handling is also a tractable enough task class that Digit's success scales — Toyota has many production lines in many plants with similar handling profiles.
The slower commercial trajectory worth watching is consumer humanoids. Tesla Optimus Gen 3 is now targeting summer 2026 ramp with V3 reveal expected late July/August; 1X NEO is taking preorders without firm shipping dates; Unitree's volume is largely research and hobbyist. The pattern is the same one consumer electric vehicles followed: industrial and fleet customers first, retail consumer second. That timeline implies 2027 is the earliest realistic year for consumer humanoid at-home deployment.
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