Galbot G1

2024-06-21 · Publisher : Galbot · Domain : Robotics

Beijing startup Galbot unveils the G1, a semi-humanoid robot with two arms on a wheeled base, driven by its own AI models. It goes on sale in 2025 in Beijing stores and pharmacies.

### Background Galbot, founded in May 2023 and backed by Peking University's Yanyuan fund, unveiled the G1 at the BAAI 2024 conference. Peking University dates this presentation to June 21, 2024; other sources place it at the conference opening a few days earlier. The Robot Report separately dates the G1's commercial release to March 2025. ### Specifications - **Form**: semi-humanoid, two arms on a wheeled mobile base. - **Perception**: 3D-vision-driven recognition, grasping and navigation. - **Software**: Galbot's own vision-language-action models, able to handle "5,000 different types of goods" according to the company. - **Target uses**: inventory, restocking, delivery and packaging. Detailed physical specifications (height, weight, degrees of freedom) are not given in the sources consulted. ### Why it matters The G1 illustrates a choice made by many Chinese players: drop the legs for stability and cost, and go straight for commercial tasks. In July 2025, Galbot raised RMB 1.1 billion (about $153 million) to deploy the G1 in about a hundred stores. ### Key takeaways The G1 makes Galbot one of China's best-funded embodied AI players, well before its first bipedal robot, unveiled in 2026.

Tags : Humanoïde, Chine, Sur roues, Commerce