Galaxea R1

What it's for

Most humanoids are figures on two legs. The Galaxea R1 stands on wheels, and that is its biggest advantage. Unveiled in January 2025 by China's Galaxea AI, the robot has two arms, a torso and a base with three-wheel steering, for 24 degrees of freedom in total: 6 in the base, 4 in the torso and 14 in the arms with grippers. It manipulates objects at heights from 0 to 200 cm, with a payload of up to 5 kg at a reach of 0.5 m.

What does that mean in practice? A manipulation range from 0 to 200 cm allows reaching shelves at different heights (warehouses), and the wheeled base spares the trouble of a biped gait; this is a conclusion from the specifications, not a confirmed deployment. The sources point to two uses: manipulation up to 2 m and remote control (teleoperation), which in robotics is used, among other things, to collect data for training AI models (“VLA Models: How AI Controls Humanoid Robots in 2026”). The second place is the laboratory (laboratories) and the university (universities), where the camera set (on the head, the wrists and five points on the base), the 360° LiDAR and the 550 TOPS computer make a solid platform for perception research.

Factory use (factories) is a direction suggested by an “industrie” tag in the sources, but we have no named deployments.

Who it's for

Best suited to: laboratories and teams looking for a mobile dual-arm robot for research into manipulation and data collection; companies testing warehouse automation that do not need a bipedal gait; universities that want a more modern alternative to a classic tabletop arm.

A poor fit: anyone who needs a robot that climbs stairs, since the wheeled base has its limits here; and users looking for a certified product with service in Poland, because the model is not available there and distribution outside China is unconfirmed. Data on the manufacturer Galaxea itself is unconfirmed, so it is worth checking again before you buy. If you are interested in a walking humanoid, go to Unitree G1.

Deployments

The sources mention only uses: manipulation up to 2 m and remote control. In Poland there are no confirmed deployments, and the model is not available. In the category of mobile robots worldwide there are many warehouse and research projects; the Polish context is described in “AMR Robots in the Warehouse”.

Galaxea R1 Lite: the cheaper version from the same family, when budget is the priority.

Galaxea R1 Pro: a pricier variant with higher specs, for demanding research tasks.

Unitree G1: a walking humanoid for around PLN 52,300 (≈ EUR 11,980 at NBP rate 4.3641 of 21 October 2026); it reaches differently from the R1 but has a broad community and an SDK.

AgiBot A2: a Chinese humanoid platform for industry and demonstrations; context in “Chinese Humanoid Robots”.

Agility Digit 5: a logistics robot with a different philosophy, bipedal and designed for warehouses.

Galaxea AI is a Chinese company for which we have no confirmed data, so we base the history on a single source. In January 2025 the company announced the R1 series in three variants, Lite, Standard and Pro, and the Galaxea R1 is the middle one. The user documentation describes the sensor configuration and the 550 TOPS computing platform. We have no records of later generations or funding rounds. Company profile: Galaxea AI. For comparison, to see what documented generation histories look like, see Figure 03 and Fourier GR-2.