Galbot Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-01 - Deployment - Galbot opens three autonomous robot stores in Hong Kong - The stores opened at the Hung Hom waterfront, Wan Chai waterfront and Kai Tak Sports Park. The robot store-manager workflow operates without backstage teleoperation. The launch establishes a three-site commercial retail deployment rather than a single… - source: hkcd.com.hk
• 2026-08-26 - Award - Galbot wins three fully autonomous scenario golds at 2026 Robot Games - The household task ran for up to 30 minutes and required navigation, object storage, clothing handling, door opening and interruption by an unexpected delivery task. Galbot completed the food-service workflow in 6 minutes 55 seconds without an error… - 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
• 2026-04-02 - 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 pharmacy robot enters service in Beijing - G1 pharmacy robot entered service in Beijing. The robot supports medicine picking, packaging and cabinet handoff workflows. The deployment gives Galbot a concrete retail healthcare use case beyond research publications. - 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
• 2026-01-20 - Product Launch - Galbot launches S1 heavy-duty embodied intelligence robot with 50kg continuous dual-arm payload - Galbot launched the S1 as an industrial-grade embodied intelligence robot designed for manufacturing environments with a continuous dual-arm payload of 50 kilograms. The company positioned the product as breaking a longstanding payload limit in the humanoid… - source: prnewswire.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
• 2025-06-23 - Funding - Galbot raises RMB1.1B and reaches a valuation above $1B - Galbot raised RMB 1.1 billion, reported as approximately $153 million. CATL-backed investors co-led the financing alongside other institutional participants. Coverage said the round took Galbot above a $1 billion valuation; the ledger records a lower bound. - 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
• 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