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Galaxea R1

$39,999verifiedas of Jun 2026

Galaxea AI (Chinese name Xinghai Tu; founded September 2023 in Beijing) is an embodied-AI startup that builds both foundation models and hardware, led by CEO…

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Manufacturer
Galaxea AI
Form factor
humanoid
Maturity
research
Lifecycle
active

Overview

Galaxea AI (Chinese name Xinghai Tu; founded September 2023 in Beijing) is an embodied-AI startup that builds both foundation models and hardware, led by CEO Gao Jiyang, who previously worked on perception at Waymo and production autonomous-driving systems at Momenta and holds a USC PhD, with co-founder and co-chief scientist Xu Huazhe, a Tsinghua robotics professor. Its main robot, the R1, is a wheeled dual-arm humanoid: a humanoid upper body with two 6-degree-of-freedom A1 arms, G1 grippers, and a 4-degree-of-freedom torso on a three-wheel steering chassis, offering about 2 m of vertical range, sold in R1 Lite, R1, and R1 Pro variants priced from roughly $44,500 to $64,000, alongside the standalone A1 arm. It raised about $144 million in a Series B in February 2026 and about $291 million in a Series B+ in April 2026, pushing its valuation above 20 billion yuan, around $2.8 billion. An important disambiguation: Galaxea AI is a distinct company from Galbot, which is already in the registry, with different founders, products, and backers, and the two must not be merged. The registry records it at research maturity moving toward early pilot, since the R1 is a genuinely shippable and priced robot but its more than forty named clients, including ByteDance, Samsung, Stanford, and MIT, are self-reported research and development buyers rather than verified operational deployments. The widely circulated $29 billion valuation is a data error, a misread of roughly 20 billion yuan, and is excluded here.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
research(Lab-stage only; no commercial or public deployment reported.)
Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
4 sources, view all

No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.

Key facts

DOF

Two 6-DoF A1 arms, G1 grippers, 4-DoF torso

Reach

~2 m vertical range, 700 mm horizontal radius

Price

~$44,500 to $64,000 (R1 Lite / R1 / R1 Pro variants)

Drive type

Three-wheel steering chassis

Form factor

Wheeled dual-arm humanoid

Specs

Dof

Two 6-DoF A1 arms, 4-DoF torso

Hands

G1 grippers

Notes

Verified: Galaxea AI (Chinese 'Xinghai Tu'; founded Sept 2023, Beijing; CEO Gao Jiyang, ex-Waymo/Momenta, USC PhD; co-founder/co-CSO Xu Huazhe, Tsinghua) builds embodied-AI foundation models + hardware (the R1 wheeled dual-arm humanoid and A1 arm). Raised ~$144M Series B (Feb 2026) then ~$291M Series B+ (Apr 2026), pushing valuation above 20B yuan (~$2.8B). R1 is a real, purchasable, documented product., DISAMBIGUATION: Galaxea AI is a DIFFERENT company from Galbot (already in the registry): different founders (Gao Jiyang vs Wang He), products, and backers. The Wire China lists them as separate entries. Do NOT merge., Maturity = research -> early pilot: R1 is a genuinely shippable, priced robot (strongest of the emerging-CN cohort on 'is it real'). But its 40+ named 'clients' (ByteDance, Samsung, Stanford, MIT, etc.) are self-reported/website-sourced R&D/dev-platform buyers, not verified operational deployments. maturityStage=research (with credible early pilot adoption)., Claimed but NOT verified / data error: EXCLUDE the '$29B / CNY200B' valuation - a misread of ~20B yuan (~$2.8B); use the yuan figure. The 40+ clients as operational deployments (website-sourced); the '1,000 R1 units by end of 2025' target; the planned bipedal humanoid (announced, not shipped); 'cleans bathrooms / plays guitar' demos.

Specs

Galaxea R1: humanoid upper body (two 6-DoF A1 arms + G1 grippers, 4-DoF torso) on a three-wheel steering base; ~2 m vertical range, 700 mm horizontal radius; variants R1 Lite / R1 / R1 Pro; ~$44.5k-$64k. Galaxea A1: standalone 6-DoF arm. Bipedal version stated as planned.

Reach mm

~2 m vertical range, 700 mm horizontal radius

Drive mode

three-wheel steering chassis

Form Factor

humanoid (wheeled dual-arm humanoid: humanoid upper body on a three-wheel steering chassis)

Data & sources

Press releases

1

Web sources

3

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Availability and pricing

Availability
Shipping now
Price
$40K to $70K (actual sale price)as of 2026-06-17
Units in field
Not disclosed
Sales model
Not disclosed
Lead time
Ships within 15 days

Pricing

One-time purchase

$39,999 - $69,999 USDactual sale priceas of 2026-06-17

Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.

Prices verified as of Jun 17, 2026

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Full change history →

Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Galaxea

Galaxea footage of its R1 Pro humanoid. Manipulation demos are teleoperated or VLA-demonstration; attributed to the maker.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Galaxea R1.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (4)

  1. https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-04-02/robot-startup-galaxea-ai-raises-291-million-102430297.html
  2. https://www.thewirechina.com/whos_who/gao-jiyang-%E9%AB%98%E7%BB%A7%E6%89%AC/
  3. https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-02-12/galaxea-ai-raises-144-million-as-chinas-robot-investment-frenzy-mounts-102413767.html
  4. https://userguide-galaxea.github.io/Product_User_Guide/Introducing_Galaxea_Robot/product_info/R1/

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Common questions

What is Galaxea R1?
Galaxea AI (Chinese name Xinghai Tu; founded September 2023 in Beijing) is an embodied-AI startup that builds both foundation models and hardware, led by CEO Gao Jiyang, who previously worked on perception at Waymo and production autonomous-driving systems at Momenta and holds a USC PhD, with co-founder and co-chief scientist Xu Huazhe, a Tsinghua robotics professor. Its main robot, the R1, is a wheeled dual-arm humanoid: a humanoid upper body with two 6-degree-of-freedom A1 arms, G1 grippers, and a 4-degree-of-freedom torso on a three-wheel steering chassis, offering about 2 m of vertical range, sold in R1 Lite, R1, and R1 Pro variants priced from roughly $44,500 to $64,000, alongside the standalone A1 arm. It raised about $144 million in a Series B in February 2026 and about $291 million in a Series B+ in April 2026, pushing its valuation above 20 billion yuan, around $2.8 billion. An important disambiguation: Galaxea AI is a distinct company from Galbot, which is already in the registry, with different founders, products, and backers, and the two must not be merged. The registry records it at research maturity moving toward early pilot, since the R1 is a genuinely shippable and priced robot but its more than forty named clients, including ByteDance, Samsung, Stanford, and MIT, are self-reported research and development buyers rather than verified operational deployments. The widely circulated $29 billion valuation is a data error, a misread of roughly 20 billion yuan, and is excluded here.
How much does Galaxea R1 cost?
Galaxea R1 is listed at $39,999 to $69,999 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
Is Galaxea R1 actually deployed in the real world?
Galaxea R1 is at the research stage: it exists, but DEPLOY has no verified real-world deployment on record. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
Is Galaxea R1 autonomous or teleoperated?
Not verified as fully autonomous. Galaxea R1's capabilities on the DEPLOY registry are recorded as teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-only, or vendor claims (Picks and packs), not independently confirmed to run without a human in the loop.
Who makes Galaxea R1?
Galaxea R1 is made by Galaxea AI, based in Beijing, China, founded in 2023.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

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Unclassified source
1
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Company IR disclosure

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Galaxea R1.

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