Quick Answer
Galbot G1 is a wheeled dual-arm humanoid from Galaxy General, not a walker and not Unitree’s G1. The useful published numbers are 92.5 kg, 5 kg on one arm, eight hours of claimed runtime. Those are the rows we will defend. Everything else — height, a public MSRP, how many stores are actually unmanned overnight — is either a reseller table or a press anecdote.
This is the machine Galbot already knew how to take to a shop floor before it built ET1. WRC 2026 put both bodies on the same Beijing stage. China Daily’s company-provided frame shows the wheeled unit on the right, G1 printed on the circular base, a red scarf on the neck, next to the new biped. If you came here because a spreadsheet said “G1,” check the base. Wheels and a single support pillar: this page. Two legs and a tennis racket: ET1. Compact Hangzhou biped from $13.5K: Unitree G1.
Our Verdict
| Field | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Review Score | 7.1 / 10 | One of the few Chinese humanoid-shaped machines with store hours behind it. Still a specialist, not a general worker. |
| Commercial readiness | 7.0 / 10 | Retail and pharmacy pilots are the real story. Not a certified factory cell. |
| Research / developer value | 6.6 / 10 | Developer-manual tables exist. We have not been given a public SDK we ran. |
| Consumer readiness | 2.0 / 10 | 92.5 kg on a wheeled base is a shop device, not a roommate. |
| Autonomy confidence | Medium in-aisle, low everywhere else | Structured retail is the claimed environment. Do not generalize to a factory or a house. |
| Source confidence | Medium-high on mass/payload/runtime | Those three numbers are repeated as official. Height and price are not. |
What Galbot G1 is
A human-scale upper body, two arms, a lifting torso, and an omnidirectional wheeled base. It does not walk. That is not a flaw. It is the design. Wheels let Galbot spend battery and compute on picking and placing instead of not falling over. The trade is stairs, curbs, and any floor that is not a clean shop aisle.
Galbot’s public pitch is generalizable manipulation in retail, pharmacy, and light industrial cells — restock, pick, sort, hand a SKU to a person. The Spring Festival Gala appearance in 2026 (the wheeled unit folding and fetching, not ET1) is marketing. The more interesting claim is that units have been running in Beijing pharmacies and city retail. We have not audited those stores. We also will not pretend a gala clip is a 24-hour unmanned shift log.
Who makes it, and the name collision
Beijing Galaxy General Robot Co. / Galbot. The chest mark on the product photograph is GALBOT. Fourier Intelligence has a G1. Unitree has a G1. Those are different companies and different robots. If your purchasing system collapses them into one row, fix the system before you issue a PO.
Key specifications we will stand behind
| Specification | Value | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Galbot (Galaxy General) | Official |
| Type | Wheeled dual-arm service / industrial humanoid | FIRGELLI classification |
| Weight | 92.5 kg | Official (developer-manual figure, widely repeated) |
| Payload | 5 kg per arm, 10 kg combined in the same tables | Official claim |
| Runtime | 8 hours | Official claim, lab-condition language in reseller tables |
| Height | Not independently verified on our card | Reseller tables say 1730 mm standing with a lifting torso; we have not pulled a Galbot.com HTML datasheet |
| Price | Not publicly listed | Quote / channel |
| Locomotion | Wheeled, omnidirectional base | Visible on every honest photo |
5 kg per arm is grocery-and-pharmacy weight, not engine-block weight. Eight hours is a shift-shaped number. Both are still claims until a third party publishes a duty cycle with the battery at the end of the day. We are not inventing a higher payload because a slide deck looked ambitious.
What it can actually do
Pick, place, restock, and hand objects in a structured aisle. That is the job. The wheeled base plus a lifting torso is how Galbot reaches a high shelf without standing on toes it does not have. End effectors in the public tables include a parallel gripper and a suction cup. That pairing makes sense for boxed retail and blister packs. It is a poor pairing for laundry, and Galbot’s gala laundry bit should not talk you into a different payload.
At WRC, 19–23 August 2026, the wheeled G1 shared the Galbot stage with ET1. That week does not change the datasheet. It just makes the name collision worse, because press captions said “Galbot” and let readers guess which body.
Autonomy, safety, power
Autonomy we will credit: navigation and pick sequences in a mapped store, plus return-to-charge in the reseller tables. Autonomy we will not credit: a general-purpose worker that invents a new task in an unknown kitchen. Safety: 92.5 kg of moving base in a public aisle is a bruising problem. IP54 shows up in channel tables. We have not seen a cobot ISO certificate we can point at as a complete package.
Power: eight-hour claim, hot-swap language in those same tables, wireless or dock return. Fine for a pilot. Confirm the pack you are actually buying. Do not plan a 24-hour unmanned store on a brochure hour.
Who should consider it — and who should not
Consider Galbot G1 if you run a structured retail or pharmacy cell, you can map the aisle, and 5 kg per arm covers the SKU. Avoid it if you need stairs, a published consumer price, legs, or a robot that shares a name with Unitree and you have not briefed receiving.
Do not buy this because you wanted ET1. Do not buy this because you wanted Unitree G1. The wheeled base is the product.
Strengths
- Published mass, arm payload, and a shift-length runtime — rarer than it should be in this category.
- Wheels are an honest choice for shops. Galbot did not pretend this thing climbs stairs.
- Public deployments, even if we have not counted them ourselves, beat a lab-only biped.
- Visually distinct from Unitree G1 once you look at the base.
Limitations
- No stairs. No legs. That is the deal.
- 5 kg per arm is modest. Anyone selling it as a 20 kg industrial dual-arm is lying.
- Price is a conversation, not a list.
- Name collision with two other G1s will waste your time in procurement.
How it compares
Against ET1: G1 is the older, heavier, wheeled, more commercially used body. ET1 is the new legs. Against Unitree G1: Unitree walks, costs less on paper, and is a developer toy by comparison. Against a conventional AMR plus a cobot arm: Galbot is betting you want one branded body instead of two vendors. That bet is a systems-integration argument, not a spec win.
Full specs and images
Database card: Galbot G1 specs. Manufacturer: Galbot. Related: Galbot ET1, Unitree G1, Fourier G1.
Featured photograph: Galbot G1 wheeled product shot, full body, GALBOT on the chest, circular mobile base. Source: Galbot product photography as published on EnduX’s Galbot G1 page. Corroborated on the WRC 2026 China Daily stage photo (G1 printed on the base). Not Unitree G1.
FAQ
Is Galbot G1 the same as Unitree G1?
No. Unitree G1 is a biped listed from $13.5K. Galbot G1 is a ~92.5 kg wheeled dual-arm from a different company.
Is this Fourier’s G1?
No.
Does Galbot G1 walk?
No. Wheels. If you need legs, look at ET1 or a different manufacturer.
What is the payload?
5 kg per arm in the official-style tables we use. Combined 10 kg in the same tables. Not a 20 kg industrial arm.
Is the featured photo ET1?
No. ET1 is the biped. This photo is the wheeled G1.
Sources
Galbot, galbot.com (company). EnduX Galbot G1 product page (developer-manual table repeating 92.5 kg / 5 kg / 8 h). China Daily, 21 August 2026 (WRC stage, wheeled G1 next to ET1). Independent / Reuters WRC photo desk, 19–23 August 2026. We did not copy Unitree or Fourier G1 numbers onto this card.