CATL battery-cell factory production line
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇨🇳 Galbot S1
Galbot · China · unveiled 2026
pilot
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%70.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%72.5
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%78.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%56.9
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%57.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%51.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
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.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
50.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
1.5 m/s
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
8.0 h
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
Yes
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
supervised-autonomy
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
pilot
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
800.0 USD million
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
3.0 USD billion
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Galbot S1 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with Kepler Forerunner K2 →Galbot S1 is a humanoid robot from Galbot in China, and it is in paid pilot deployments. It scores 65.9 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 25th of 156 — in the top quarter.
On the leaderboard it sits between Kepler Forerunner K2 (HMX 66.8) and MagicLab MagicBot (Gen1) (HMX 65.8).
Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is mobility & locomotion (78.0 against a median of 34.8) and its clearest weakness is commercial readiness & deployment (57.0 against 67.0).
By the published specifications, it carries more payload than 95% of the 97 other humanoid robots publishing a payload (50 kg) and runs longer per charge than 85% of the 68 other humanoid robots publishing a runtime (8 h).
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. 1 deployment claim is on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-07.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, 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
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Galbot S1
How much does the Galbot S1 cost?
Galbot has not published a price for the Galbot S1, and none is estimated here.
What are the Galbot S1's specs?
Published specifications: payload 50 kg, speed 1.5 m/s, runtime 8 h. Not published: degrees of freedom, degrees of freedom per hand, height and weight.
Is the Galbot S1 autonomous?
The Galbot S1 has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Galbot S1 compare to the Kepler Forerunner K2?
On the HMX, the Galbot S1 scores 65.9 and the Kepler Forerunner K2 66.8. The Galbot S1 leads on manipulation & dexterity, mobility & locomotion and ecosystem & viability; the Kepler Forerunner K2 leads on hardware & engineering and commercial readiness & deployment.
Who makes the Galbot S1?
The Galbot S1 is made by Galbot, in China.
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Change history · 1 applied update
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Spec update Update Galbot S1
form_factor: wheeled-base → bipedal2026-08-23T01:04:51+00:00 · by agent-bulk
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.