2026 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Platinum Winner

GALBOT G1

Entrant

Galbot

Category

Product Design - Robotics

Client's Name

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Country / Region

China

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About The Entry

Galbot G1 is a wheeled embodied AI robot designed for industrial and retail environments. G1 rethinks whether a humanoid robot truly needs to look entirely human. Instead of replicating the human body, it retains only the capabilities that matter most for real-world tasks: perception, manipulation, and interaction. By combining a humanoid upper body, a foldable torso, and an omnidirectional wheeled base, G1 delivers dexterous dual-arm manipulation, a vertical working range of up to 2.4 meters, and fast, smooth, stable mobility. Most human-built environments feature flat floors and ergonomically designed workspaces. G1 takes advantage of this existing infrastructure, combining human-like manipulation with a level of mobility and stability that humans themselves cannot achieve. The result is a highly efficient and practical productivity tool. Its adaptable configuration and general-purpose intelligence allow G1 to perform a wide variety of tasks, including material handling, picking, and shelf organization, without requiring large-scale modifications to existing facilities. A universal design enables deployment across multiple scenarios, reducing both implementation costs and operational complexity. For continuous operation, autonomous wireless charging and hot-swappable dual batteries enable G1 to work 24/7, supporting long-term and reliable participation in real production environments. G1 is powered by Galbot’s proprietary general-purpose embodied AI model, giving the robot an intelligent “brain” capable of understanding its environment and task semantics. It can autonomously perceive, reason, plan, and execute operations while adapting to different tasks and surroundings. As societies face declining birth rates, aging populations, and labor shortages, G1 is designed to take on repetitive, physically demanding, hazardous, and undesirable work. By freeing people from high-risk and high-load tasks, G1 allows human effort to shift toward more creative and meaningful work—advancing industrial productivity and contributing to broader social progress.

Credits

Industrial Design Director
Yong Zheng
Industrial Designer
Tao Xu
Industrial Designer
Kaihuang Chen
Industrial Designer
Caijin Chen
Industrial Designer
Chaozheng He
Industrial Designer
Shisheng Ma
Industrial Designer
Jiatao Ma
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