🇨🇳 Galbot S1
Galbot · China · unveiled 2026
pilot
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: medium
77.8
XHI Score
Rank #6 of 133
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%70.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%100.0
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%78.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%100.0
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%57.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%51.0
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Notable
Heavy-load wheeled industrial sibling of the already-tracked Galbot G1, with a 50kg dual-arm payload and autonomous battery-swap; deployed on CATL battery lines since spring 2026.
Deployments & partners
- CATL battery-cell factory production line
Specifications
Height
—
Weight
—
Payload
50.0 kg
Walking speed
1.5 m/s
Runtime
8.0 h
Battery
—
Total DoF
—
Hand DoF (per hand)
—
Dexterous hands
Yes
Actuation
electric
Form factor
wheeled-base
Onboard compute
—
AI model
—
Indicative price
undisclosed
Company valuation
$3.0B
Sources · cross-checked, as of 2026-07
- https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/catl-battery-powered-heavy-load-humanoid-robot-factory
- https://cnevpost.com/2026/06/24/catl-galbot-scale-humanoid-robots-battery-factories/
- https://manufacturingdigital.com/news/catl-galbots-s1-humanoid-robot-on-battery-production-line
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Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.