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GoMate

About

About GoMate

GoMate is GAC's third-generation humanoid, built around a variable wheel-leg mobility system. Articulated legs support an upright two-wheel posture and a lower four-wheel stance, combining efficient travel with a wider support base for obstacles and uneven ground. The upper body provides arms, perception and interaction equipment for physical work in human-scale environments.

The platform draws on GAC's vehicle, intelligent-driving and robotics development, including navigation and remote or autonomous control. It has been presented for reception, inspection and public-safety applications. Guangdong Huilun Technology took over GAC's robotics development and commercialisation work in February 2026, with small-batch trial production planned during 2026. GoMate is the larger third-generation platform; the later GoMate Mini is a separate fourth-generation robot.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Operating environments: Intended indoor and outdoor routes with changing obstacles
  • Control modes: Autonomous
  • Navigation and obstacle avoidance

    Claimed - 2024-12-27 - Navigate and avoid changing obstacles using GAC’s vision and SLAM system. - environment: Intended indoor and outdoor routes with changing obstacles

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  • Multi-terrain locomotion

    Claimed - 2024-12-27 - Traverse slopes and one-sided obstacles using the four-wheel-leg configuration.

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  • Stair climbing

    Claimed - 2024-12-27 - Move up and down stairs in four-wheel-leg mode.

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Timeline

  • GAC launches GoMate variable wheel-foot humanoid

    2024-12-26 - Product Launch - GoMate has 38 degrees of freedom and stands about 1.4 metres in four-wheel mode or 1.75 metres in two-wheel mode. GAC claimed six hours of operation using its all-solid-state battery technology. The launch roadmap targeted industry pilots in 2025 and small-volume production in 2026.

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Context

Market context

GoMate is GAC Group's third-generation embodied-AI robot, a variable wheel-leg humanoid that shifts between four-wheel and two-wheel postures for stable indoor mobility, inspection and service workflows.

  • Target environment: Structured indoor sites such as automotive facilities, inspection routes, service environments and elder-care support settings.
  • Workflow context: Wheel-legged mobility, indoor inspection, patrol assistance, human-facing support and automotive service task exploration.
  • Customer context: GAC internal teams, automotive service operators and organizations evaluating wheel-legged service robots for structured indoor work.
  • Deployment model: Automaker-led robotics program with pilot deployment plans and small-batch production targeted after the 2024 unveiling.
  • Commercial maturity: Pre-commercial to pilot-stage platform from a major automaker, with public plans for trials before broader production.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on manipulation reliability, safety certification, battery endurance, service workflow fit and proof beyond controlled demonstrations.
  • Market position: Automaker-built semi-humanoid platform positioned between humanoid robotics, wheeled service robots and automotive autonomy R&D.
  • Adjacent products: Wheel-legged humanoids, mobile manipulators, patrol robots and automotive service robotics platforms.

Comparable Systems

  • GoMate Mini

    Guangdong Huilun Technology - humanoid robotics

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