Galbot G1
Galbot G1 is a foldable wheeled humanoid with two arms that can reach both floor and 2.4 m shelves. It is the first humanoid to run retail stores commercially in China.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Commercial
- Category
- service
- First revealed
- June 2024
- Form
- wheeled-base
- Height
- n/a
- Weight
- n/a
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- no
Where it stands
Running unmanned 24-hour pharmacies and convenience stores in Beijing since 2025; industrial pilots with car makers.
What stands out
- Runs unmanned pharmacies in Beijing
- Simulation-trained grasping models
Autonomy, observed
Autonomous item picking in Beijing unmanned pharmacies, reported by Chinese and international media in 2025.
Galbot states store operations run autonomously.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: grippers or dexterous hands
- AI stack: GraspVLA and GroceryVLA models trained largely in simulation
Price and volume
No public price.
Galbot planned 100 robot-run stores in Beijing by end of 2025 (verify).
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, Galbot G1 sits at #4 of 107 with 56 points: deployment 20/50, autonomy 28/30, availability 8/20. See that method.
Where Galbot G1 works.
| Customer | Site | Sector | Task | Since | Status | Units | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy chains in Beijing (partners not individually disclosed) | Unstaffed pharmacies and retail stores in Beijing, China | retail | Picking medicines and goods from shelves, restocking and handing orders to customers or couriers around the clock | 2025 | active | n/d | autonomous |
Figure AI: what $39 billion has shown so far
Four rounds, $1,754,000,000 raised, one named customer, no price and no unit count. The record on the most valuable humanoid company, generation by generation.
How a humanoid robot works: actuators, compute, sensors and the model
Of 182 humanoids on record, 178 say what moves the joints and 43 say what computer is inside. The further a layer sits from the metal, the less the maker tells you about it.
Who is paying for humanoids: 69 funding rounds
Our funding record holds 69 entries. Take out the government funds, the acquisitions and the IPOs and $6.33 billion of disclosed private money remains. 37 percent of it went to companies with no robot on record.
What humanoid robots can actually do in 2026
Of 182 humanoid robots on record, 117 have a human in the loop, 33 have ever worked at a customer site and none has a verified fleet count. Here is what that leaves.
Where humanoids actually work: 52 deployments, counted
We track 52 humanoid deployments at named sites. Eighteen are in car plants, exactly half are live, and six say how many robots turned up. Those six add up to 41 machines.
Sources
- 01Galbot official siteGalbot
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