{"id":"galbot-s1","manufacturer":"Beijing Galbot AI","model":"Galbot S1","country":"CN","description":"The Galbot S1 is a heavy-duty industrial robot with a humanoid upper body on a wheeled base, built by Beijing-based Galbot for lifting and moving loads of up to 50 kg with both arms. Since spring 2026 it has been working on CATL battery production lines.","catalog_status":"preorder","specifications":{"height_cm":179.3,"weight_kg":320,"payload_kg":null,"dof":17,"speed_ms":null,"battery_h":null},"capabilities":["sort","assemble","obstacle"],"source":{"url":"https://www.galbot.com","verified_at":null,"verified_fields":[],"review_status":"requires_current_source_check"},"evidence":{"manufacturer_review":null,"mera_field_test":{"status":"not_published","report_url":null,"measured_at":null},"verification_note":"A manufacturer documentation check does not verify field performance, inventory or MERA compatibility."},"knowledge":{"summary":"The Galbot S1 is a heavy-duty industrial robot with a humanoid upper body on a wheeled base, built by Beijing-based Galbot for lifting and moving loads of up to 50 kg with both arms. Since spring 2026 it has been working on CATL battery production lines.","sections":[{"h":"History and launch","p":["Galbot introduced the S1 in January 2026 as its first industrial-grade, heavy-load embodied AI robot, claiming fully autonomous operation with no teleoperation. Its earlier, lighter G1 model passed 1,200 cumulative shipments in 2025.","The S1 passed acceptance on a CATL production line in March 2026, and on June 24, 2026 CATL and Galbot announced a strategic partnership to scale deployments."]},{"h":"Hardware","p":["Galbot's spec sheet gives a maximum height of 1793 mm and a weight of 320 kg. A torso lift with 750 mm of travel changes its height, each 920 mm arm has 7 DOF, and there are 2 DOF in the neck plus the lift axis, giving a reach from the floor to about 2.3 m.","It drives on an omnidirectional base with four steered wheels (730 x 730 mm) at up to 1.5 m/s. Sensors include a stereo camera and 3D lidar in the head, two depth cameras in the chest, two six-axis force sensors and two more 3D lidars in the base. Compute is an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB (275 TOPS).","Power comes from two hot-swappable 48 V 30 Ah batteries rated for about 8 hours, with a 2-hour charge; swapping allows continuous operation. The cells are supplied by CATL."]},{"h":"Software and AI","p":["The S1 runs Galbot's AstraBrain embodied model, which is meant to interpret its surroundings and task changes and replan around disturbances. It localises to centimetre level using vision only and avoids obstacles in all directions. Its core handling model was named one of Beijing's notable AI achievements, and Galbot offers tools for secondary development."]},{"h":"Deployments","p":["The best documented deployment is at CATL, where since its March 2026 acceptance the S1 ran around the clock for more than three months between module and pack production, carrying material boxes weighing tens of kilograms. The partners plan to add machine loading, cell sorting, screw driving and wire-harness assembly.","Galbot also signed with CATL's Ning Service after-sales network to turn more than 1,300 service sites into a robot service network. According to CNEVPost, Galbot is the only embodied AI company CATL has invested in."]},{"h":"Manufacturer","p":["Galbot (Yinhe Tongyong) was founded in Beijing in 2023 by Peking University researcher Wang He and builds its own embodied foundation models. In March 2026 it closed a 2.5 billion yuan (about $368 million) round, which CNEVPost says gives it the highest cumulative funding in China's embodied AI sector."]},{"h":"Price and availability","p":["Galbot's site has a purchase button but no public price. The S1 is sold to industrial customers, so far mainly in China."]}],"timeline":[["2023","Galbot founded in Beijing"],["2026-01","Galbot S1 launched"],["2026-03","S1 accepted on CATL production line; 2.5 billion yuan funding round"],["2026-06","Galbot and CATL sign strategic partnership"]],"faq":[["How much can the Galbot S1 lift?","Up to 50 kg with both arms combined."],["Does the Galbot S1 walk?","No, it uses a four-wheel omnidirectional base and a torso lift to change height."],["How heavy is the Galbot S1?","320 kg according to Galbot."],["Where is the Galbot S1 used?","Among others on CATL battery production lines, moving material boxes."],["What is its battery life?","About 8 hours, with hot-swappable batteries."],["How much does the Galbot S1 cost?","Galbot does not publish a price."]],"sources":[{"title":"Galbot S1 product page and specifications","publisher":"Galbot","url":"https://www.galbot.com/s1/","date":"2026-10"},{"title":"CATL teams with Galbot to scale humanoid robots in battery factories","publisher":"CnEVPost","url":"https://cnevpost.com/2026/06/24/catl-galbot-scale-humanoid-robots-battery-factories/","date":"2026-06-24"},{"title":"银河通用发布Galbot S1","publisher":"Gelonghui","url":"https://m.gelonghui.com/live/2279750","date":"2026-01-29"},{"title":"银河通用Galbot S1在宁德时代产线常态化作业","publisher":"National Center for Science and Technology Information (ncsti.gov.cn)","url":"https://www.ncsti.gov.cn/kjdt/xwjj/202606/t20260630_250476.html","date":"2026-06-30"}],"updated":"2026-10-10"},"mera":{"rental_with_operator":false,"sale_in_offer":false,"availability":"confirmation_required","shop_url":null},"url":"https://merarobotics.com/blog/humanoids/galbot-s1","inquiry_url":"https://merarobotics.com/en/start?service=purchase&robot=galbot-s1"}