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Galbot (Galaxy General Robot) Galbot G1

Dual-arm robot with a humanoid torso on a four-wheel omnidirectional base, which Galbot calls a humanoid (The Robot Report classes it as a “semi-humanoid” mobile manipulator). It is used mainly in autonomous shops and pharmacies in China, where it picks, packs and restocks products; according to the Chinese financial press, over 1,200 units were shipped in 2025. Deployment figures come from the company or from media quoting it.

Year
2024
Origin
China
Autonomy
L3 · Conditional autonomy
Dataset review
2026-11 · Methodology & evidence levels

What it does, and on what evidence

Five mandatory fields on every sheet. A product page proves neither commercial availability nor full autonomy: here we separate what has been documented from what is announced.

1 · Task
Picking, packing, delivering and restocking products and taking inventory in autonomous shops, pharmacies and quick-commerce warehouses; Galbot also offers it for factories (sorting and assembling parts, moving material, loading and unloading) and hospitals. Swappable grippers, suction cups or dexterous hands.
2 · Autonomy by task

Does on its own

According to Galbot, the whole shop or warehouse process (order, picking, packing, restocking, inventory) is autonomous and the robot returns to charge on its own; it is driven by in-house vision-language-action models. At a pharmacy in Haidian (Beijing), staff told China News Service the system handles orders, sorting, packing, restocking and inventory on its own. No error or intervention rates have been published.

A person steps in

In pharmacies, licensed pharmacists remain in charge of reviewing prescriptions and advising on medicines, and sales require the operating company to hold a pharmaceutical distribution licence. Galbot does not publish whether there is remote supervision or assistance, nor how each shop is set up (in one day, according to the company).[Galbot][CGTN, 2026][The Robot Report, 2025][The Robot Report, 2025]

3 · Strongest evidence

Operational use2026-03

In March 2026 CGTN documented with photos a G1 working in a roughly 70 m² pharmacy in Haidian (Beijing), 24 hours a day; local regulators described it as a pilot programme. According to Galbot and media quoting it, in July 2025 it was operating in over 10 Beijing pharmacies, in December 2025 its shops were running in over 30 cities and in May 2026 in over 120 “Galaxy Space Capsule” stores. There is no independent performance data.[CGTN, 2026][China Daily, 2025][The Robot Report, 2025][China IP News, 2026]

4 · Access
Commercial product

The G1 page offers purchase (“Buy Now”) with no public price. According to the Chinese financial press, over 1,200 G1s were shipped in 2025; Galbot says it has orders for “thousands of units” and has launched its own autonomous shops using the G1.

5 · Lifecycle
Current generation

A 173 cm Galbot with a rotating base and 2.4 m reach (the G1’s figures) was shown at WAIC in Shanghai in July 2024; The Robot Report dates the G1’s release to March 2025, when Galbot presented its shop solution. In November 2026 it is still on Galbot’s website alongside the S1 and ET1 models, which are separate platforms.

[Galbot][Beijing Review, 2024][The Robot Report, 2025][The Robot Report, 2025][Gelonghui, 2026]

Spec sheet

Manufacturer maxima under declared conditions; not simultaneous. The test condition is shown under each value.

Weight
92.5 kg
92.5 kg per Galbot’s current spec sheet; in January 2025 the press gave 187 lb (≈85 kg)
Payload
10 kg
10 kg across both arms (5 kg per arm), measured at the wrist centre, per Galbot; no test conditions
Operating time
8 h
“8-Hour Operating Time” per Galbot, no test conditions; returns to charge on its own; 3.5 h adapter charging (48 V, 30 Ah battery). In January 2025 the press reported up to 10 h
Top speed
1.5 m/s
maximum speed of the four-wheel omnidirectional base, per Galbot
Height
1.73 m
maximum overall height; the “legs” lift by 650 mm and the wrist workspace reaches 2.1 m high (2.4 m per the product page)
IP rating
IP54
full unit, per Galbot (splashes and dust)
Temperature range
0 … 40 °C
operating environment at 0–90% relative humidity, non-condensing
Onboard compute
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB

Primary source quality: Manufacturer / operator

Backed by:[Galbot][Interesting Engineering, 2025]

Taxonomy profile

Where the platform sits on the four axes of the reference framework.

Autonomy

Conditional autonomy
  1. L0
  2. L1
  3. L2
  4. L3
  5. L4
  6. L5

Makes local decisions on unexpected events; needs occasional remote supervision.

Coordination

Standalone
  1. Standalone
  2. Coordinated
  3. Collaborative swarm

No inter-robot communication; each unit operates in isolation.

Control

primary: Learned policy (RL/VLA)
  1. FPV
  2. Teleop
  3. Supervised
  4. BVLOS
  5. RL/VLA

supported: Learned policy (RL/VLA)

Perception

6 sensing modalities
  • Stereo cameras / VIO
  • RGB cameras
  • RGB-D depth cameras
  • 3D LiDAR
  • Ultrasonic
  • IMU

Operating environments

  • Retail / indoor public space
  • Warehouse / logistics
  • Industrial plant

Sectors

  • Retail & customer service
  • Logistics & last mile
  • Advanced manipulation

Ideal business case

Order picking and restocking in shops and pharmacies

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