Galbot Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-10 - Market Signal - GenRobot.AI adds Baidu and a Galbot subsidiary as registered shareholders - Registered capital increased from approximately RMB193,000 to RMB10.524 million. The company develops DAS multimodal human-data capture hardware and a data-governance platform for embodied AI. The ownership update follows the August Series A led by Momenta. - source: finance.eastmoney.com
• 2026-10-02 - Market Signal - Galbot sets ET1 prices across Standard, Pro and Flagship editions - The Standard configuration emphasizes performances and conversation; the upper tiers add advertised learning, planning and development options. Dexterous hands are optional on Pro and Flagship, while the listed applications include theme parks, store… - source: pandaily.com
• 2026-09-10 - Demonstration - abc completes domestic Galbot G1 validation and moves toward commercialization - Domestic operating and safety validation was completed after abc received a Galbot G1 in June. abc is preparing customer demonstration sites, supply and maintenance support with partner Big Hands. A possible RaaS model remains under consideration; no… - source: japanir.jp
• 2026-08-31 - Demonstration - Galbot demonstrates G1 at Hong Kong retail launch - G1 completed ordering, picking and handover without remote control during the launch demonstration. Three stores were scheduled to open on September 1 at the Hung Hom waterfront, Wan Chai waterfront and Kai Tak Sports Park. - source: hkcd.com.hk
• 2026-08-26 - Award - Galbot wins three fully autonomous scenario golds at 2026 Robot Games - Galbot won the household, food-service and retail scenario events in fully autonomous mode, finishing with three golds, one silver and one bronze. The household task allowed up to 30 minutes for tidying, laundry handling, door opening, carrying items and an… - source: cnr.cn
• 2026-08-18 - Market Signal - Hesai discloses new humanoid lidar orders and actuation shipments - New robotics-lidar orders and JT128 adoption include Unitree, Robbyant, Galbot, Galaxea and Dexmal. After Kosmo prototype deliveries in July 2026, orders were secured from humanoid-robot companies including Galbot, with initial revenue expected in Q3. The… - source: investor.hesaitech.com
• 2026-06-24 - Deployment - CATL and Galbot partner to deploy embodied-intelligence robots in battery manufacturing - Galbot S1 is handling material transport and picking in CATL module and pack production. CATL and Galbot plan to advance intelligent manufacturing-line upgrades and embodied-robot aftermarket standards. The S1 has a 50 kg dual-arm payload, vision-only… - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2026-06-24 - Partnership - CATL and Galbot sign humanoid robot factory and service partnership - CATL said Galbot S1 was in regular operation on CATL intelligent production lines for module and battery-pack manufacturing. The companies also plan to develop aftermarket service standards for AI humanoid robots through CATL's NING service network. - source: catl.com
• 2026-04-23 - Product Launch - Bowintec details BW10-Lite industrial robot launch - The reported task cycle combined screw positioning, force control and quality self-checking as a starting point for gradual expansion to other factory tasks. Bowintec engineers worked alongside UAES production stations, while Galbot contributed an end-to-end… - source: bowintec.cn
• 2026-04-22 - Partnership - abc Corporation expands Galbot commercialisation plans with Big Hands - The programme includes physical robot demonstrations, use-case exhibitions and exhibition-led proofs of concept. abc plans enterprise and municipal sales and introduction support. The proposed continuing business model covers operation, maintenance and… - source: abc-chain.com
• 2026-04-02 - Partnership - Galbot and Boyuan Capital establish Bowintec joint venture in Suzhou - Galbot and Boyuan Capital each contributed 50% to establish Bowintec. The project was signed in Suzhou on 2 April 2026 with a planned RMB 1 billion investment. Bowintec plans a headquarters and industrial-manufacturing embodied-robot R&D and… - source: m.thepaper.cn
• 2026-03-13 - Deployment - Galbot G1 operates in a Beijing pharmacy pilot - The roughly 70-square-metre pharmacy used an optimized layout accommodating about 5,000 drug stock-keeping units. Pharmacists retained prescription review and medication guidance while the robot assisted with order handling and inventory work. - source: news.cgtn.com
• 2026-03-13 - Research Publication - LATENT paper presents humanoid tennis skill learning from human motion data - The paper introduces LATENT, a method for learning athletic humanoid tennis skills from imperfect human motion data The official implementation is presented by a Tsinghua University and Galbot team The released codebase uses G1 tracking and evaluation tasks… - source: arxiv.org
• 2026-03-02 - Funding - Galbot raises CNY 2.5B Series A+ at valuation above CNY 20B - The completed Series A+ totaled CNY 2.5 billion and included national industrial, financial and strategic investors. Chinese financial reporting placed Galbot latest valuation above CNY 20 billion. The separate cumulative funding total and the prior December… - source: thepaper.cn
• 2026-01-18 - Product Launch - Galbot introduces S1 heavy-duty industrial robot - The company described a 2.3-metre working height, IP54 protection and visual perception for factory handling. Galbot reported S1 use on CATL production lines and specified a dual-battery system with autonomous battery replacement. - source: prnasia.com
• 2025-12-19 - Funding - Galbot secures over $300M in funding at a $3B valuation - Galbot reported more than $300 million in new funding. The company said the financing valued it at $3 billion. The funding amount is stored as a lower bound and is not conflated with Galbot earlier round. - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-12-01 - Partnership - Galbot signs strategic cooperation to deploy 1,000+ robots in manufacturing - Baida cooperation includes a 1,000+ unit manufacturing deployment plan for Galbot robots. This is the explicit partnership/cooperation signal; date precision is month-only (Dec 2025). Develops embodied AI robotics systems focused on general-purpose… - source: prnasia.com
• 2025-11-16 - Research Publication - Galbot publishes DexNDM and NavFoM embodied AI models - Galbot introduced DexNDM for dexterous manipulation and NavFoM for autonomous navigation as two embodied AI model releases. DexNDM focuses on stable fine-grained robotic hand control, while NavFoM is positioned as a navigation foundation model that… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-11-07 - Demonstration - Galbot introduces NavFoM navigation foundation model for embodied robotics - Galbot co-authored NavFoM, a navigation foundation model released in Nov 2025 for embodied robotics navigation workloads. The model targets cross-embodiment navigation tasks with large-scale multimodal training data and shared policy capabilities. - source: pku-epic.github.io
• 2025-08-29 - Partnership - Youlife Group and Galbot establish joint venture for intelligent vocational education - Youlife Group and Galbot established a joint venture to build intelligent vocational education offerings combining Youlife's training network with Galbot's embodied robotics technology. The companies said the venture would focus on immersive and globally… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-08-26 - Demonstration - Galbot Integrates NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor into G1 Premium Robot - Galbot's G1 Premium robot, powered by NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor, delivers 7.5x the AI compute of the previous generation NVIDIA Jetson Orin and 3.5x greater energy efficiency. The G1 Premium was showcased at the World Robotics Conference (WRC), where it was… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-08-26 - Product Launch - Galbot Robotics Launches OpenWBT for Humanoid Robot Teleoperation - Galbot Robotics introduced OpenWBT_Isaac, a simulation platform for whole-body teleoperation of humanoid robots. The platform was developed in collaboration with Tsinghua University and Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute. OpenWBT_Isaac leverages NVIDIA L20/RTX 5880… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-08-23 - Deployment - Galbot opens world's first humanoid robot-run convenience store in Beijing - Galbot launched the Galaxy Space Capsule, a convenience store fully operated by humanoid robots, in Beijing's Zhongguancun ART PARK plaza. Customers order via a tablet, and robots fetch and deliver drinks or coffee from shelves. Galbot plans to expand these… - source: globaltimes.cn
• 2025-08-20 - Award - Galbot Clinches Gold Medal at World Humanoid Robot Games, Redefining Autonomous Robotics in Real-World Applications - Galbot's AI robot is the world's first to master retail shelf operations in complex environments. Demonstrations included quadruped robots showcasing dynamic navigation and obstacle avoidance in crowded spaces. Develops embodied AI robotics systems focused… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-08-14 - Deployment - Galbot's humanoid robots operate 24-hour unmanned pharmacies in Beijing - • Galbot Robotics deployed its G1 humanoid robots in over 10 pharmacies across Beijing, enabling 24-hour unmanned operations. • The G1 robots autonomously retrieve medications from shelves and deliver them directly to patients. • Each robot is priced at… - source: chinadaily.com.cn
• 2025-08-07 - Product Launch - Galbot Launches Fully Autonomous Humanoid-Operated Retail Pod in Beijing - Galbot introduced the Galaxy Space Pod, the world's first fully autonomous humanoid robot-operated retail pod, at Zhongguancun Dairong City in Beijing. The Galaxy Space Pod operates 24 hours a day without human intervention, serving up to 2,000 customers… - source: aichina360.com
• 2025-08-05 - Demonstration - Galbot showcases GroceryVLA at 2025 World AI Conference - • Galbot demonstrated its GroceryVLA model at the 2025 World AI Conference in Shanghai. • The robot autonomously identified and grasped various products, including bagged snacks and soft-packed drinks, from densely arranged shelves. • The demonstration… - source: wicinternet.org
• 2025-08-02 - Deployment - Galbot reports pharmacy trials across more than ten Beijing sites - The interview described a roughly 40-square-metre pharmacy layout with 5,000 stock-keeping units and round-the-clock inventory and picking workflows. A separate rollout to 100 retail stores remained a year-end plan following orders, alongside existing… - source: m.nbd.com.cn
• 2025-06-23 - Funding - Galbot raises RMB1.1 billion in CATL-led financing - Other participants included the growth investment arm of China Development Bank, Beijing Robotics Industry Fund and Granite Asia. Galbot said CATL backing would support industrial deployment of its embodied-AI technology. - source: technode.com
• 2025-06-23 - Partnership - Bosch China, Boyuan Capital, and GALBOT form strategic joint venture - Bosch China and Boyuan Capital formed a joint venture with GALBOT to scale embodied-AI retail robotics in China. The JV structure combines Bosch industrial capabilities, Boyuan investment support, and GALBOT robotics IP for commercialization. The… - source: globenewswire.com
• 2025-06-17 - Funding - Galbot Raises $153M to Scale G1 Semi-Humanoid Robot - Galbot secured RMB 1.1 billion (approximately $153 million) in its latest funding round, co-led by CATL and Puquan Capital. The company formed a joint venture with Boyuan Capital, the investment arm of Bosch Group, to advance the development of… - source: asiatechdaily.com
• 2025-06-09 - Product Launch - Galbot Robotics Introduces OpenWBT for Humanoid Robots - • Galbot Robotics unveiled OpenWBT, an open-source, whole-body VR teleoperation system for humanoid robots, at the Beijing Zhiyuan Conferen... • The system enables operators to perform complex movements such as walking, squatting, bending, grasping, and… - source: aihubx.org
• 2025-06-09 - Research Publication - Galbot open-sources OpenWBT whole-body teleoperation for humanoid robots - Galbot open-sourced OpenWBT, a whole-body VR teleoperation system for humanoid robots. The official repository frames OpenWBT around real-world-ready reaching skill space and supports whole-body humanoid behaviors such as walking, squatting, bending… - source: github.com
• 2025-05-19 - Partnership - NVIDIA powers humanoid robot industry with Isaac GR00T platform adopted by Agility, Boston Dynamics, Fourier and others - NVIDIA released Isaac GR00T N foundation models enabling humanoid robots to perform complex manipulation tasks via natural language commands. Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Fourier, Galbot, Mentee Robotics, NEURA Robotics, General Robotics, Skild AI, and… - source: investor.nvidia.com
• 2025-02-12 - Partnership - Tianqi signs industrial embodied-robotics joint-venture agreement with Galbot - Initial registered capital was set at RMB3.6 million, with each party subscribing RMB1.8 million for an initial 50% interest. The collaboration combines Galbot models with Tianqi automotive-process expertise and industrial engineering. - source: paper.cnstock.com
• 2024-10-30 - Research Publication - Galbot contributes DexGraspNet 2.0 large-scale dexterous grasping benchmark - DexGraspNet 2.0 presents a large-scale synthetic benchmark for dexterous grasping in cluttered scenes, spanning 1,319 objects, 8,270 scenes, and 427 million grasps. The project page lists Galbot as an author affiliation and describes zero-shot sim-to-real… - source: arxiv.org