REASSESSED 2026.08.07

Galaxea AI

Galaxea R1

Name: Galaxea R1
Brand: Galaxea AI

R1 is a commercially available research and enterprise humanoid platform with concrete, independently corroborated hardware specifications. Its own vendor trains it through direct teleoperation and sells a companion teleoperation product, and no independent source confirms autonomous completion of any specific task.

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Autonomy Ladder

Why Level II.

One five-rung scale, every category, from acting only on command to working unsupervised anywhere.

VGeneralized AutonomyAny task, any setting. No consumer robot has reached it.
IVEnvironmental AutonomyHandles new obstacles and re-plans in real time; rare in consumer products.
IIIConditional AutonomyFinishes whole jobs in familiar spaces; struggles at the edges.
To reach Level IIIMost sessions finish without intervention. Rescue is occasional, not routine.
IIAssisted AutonomyThis robot

Galaxea R1 runs preset routines on its own, and the owner is its recovery system.
What it does on its own
- 24 DOF wheeled dual-arm platform with a 5kg payload at 0.5m per arm; 70cm arm reach (86cm with gripper); vertical reach from floor level to 2 meters; sensor suite of one head camera, two wrist cameras, five chassis cameras, and one or two 360-degree LiDAR units; up to 550 TOPS onboard deep-learning compute; sold with open datasets, a ROS2 stack, and an SDK for embodied-AI research; already sold to universities, research labs including a stated Stanford and Physical Intelligence collaboration, and manufacturing enterprises.
Why this level
- R1's wheeled base and force-controlled arms run closed-loop balance and motion control beneath operator direction, but the company's own material describes training an employee directing the arm through a teleoperation switch, and it sells a dedicated R1-T teleoperation accessory as a core companion product.
- No source confirms autonomous completion of any specific demonstrated task, so R1 is classified Level II, Assisted Autonomy.
What holds it at Level II
- Galaxea's official site (galaxea.ai) returned an expired-certificate error during this review, so pricing and specification claims rely on a third-party retailer listing, an unofficial user-guide mirror, and independent press rather than the manufacturer's own primary page. The company's own training method, an employee directing a robotic arm through a teleoperation switch, indicates teleoperation is a standard, everyday mode for this hardware, not an edge case; no source independently confirms autonomous completion of any specific demonstrated task. Weight is not published in any source found. Galaxea also sells a separate A-series line of standalone robot arms, not a humanoid; that line should not be confused with the R1 humanoid platform.
7 sources reviewed
IManual AutomationOne action on command; no independent operation.

How we assign a level →

Behind the classification

Sources we reviewed.

Verified7 sources reviewed

Sufficient public evidence across source types to publish a non-provisional classification.

Sources reviewed

Manufacturer documentation1 sourceReviewed

Official Galaxea R1 technical user guide (documentation mirror; the primary galaxea.ai domain was unreachable during this review, expired SSL certificate)

R1 – Galaxea Product User GuideGalaxea AI (official documentation mirror)

Press & video reviews2 sourcesReviewed

Independent business press and retailer/distributor specification listings

Monitoring record4 sourcesReviewed

Sources behind the tracker entries following this robot.

How we evaluate evidence →

Pre-Consumer Assessment

How this projection was reached

50of 100

Plausible

SpeculativeConceptPlausiblePromisingReady

The hatched tail is unreachable by construction. A projection does not publish as a full mark, because the evidence that settles it does not exist yet: whether the thing ships and works in ordinary use. Those 10 points are what shipping has to earn.

The reading

Galaxea R1 is a real, commercially sold wheeled dual-arm platform with concrete, independently corroborated hardware specifications and substantial institutional funding, currently generating enterprise and research revenue rather than shipping as a concept. Its own vendor, however, trains the platform through direct human teleoperation and sells a dedicated teleoperation accessory as a core product, and no independent source confirms autonomous completion of any specific demonstrated task. The plausible engineering is real; the autonomy is not yet independently established.

Still open

What fraction of any specific demonstrated task, factory pick-and-place, research manipulation, is performed autonomously versus through the teleoperation the vendor's own training pipeline relies on is undisclosed for every task reviewed. Official pricing and specification pages could not be checked directly because galaxea.ai was unreachable during this review. R1's weight is not published in any source found. Whether the household-assistance goal Galaxea has floated for roughly a decade out implies any near-term autonomy roadmap, or remains purely aspirational, is unstated.

Five pre-shipping signalsweighted, then capped50What can be judged before anyone owns one.

Track Record25% of the assessment68

What this asks

Has this maker shipped what it demoed before, on schedule, with the promised capability?

Engineering25% of the assessment75

What this asks

Are the demonstrated capabilities achievable in shipping form, or do they need breakthroughs not in evidence?

Demo Match20% of the assessment30

What this asks

What has been shown to work, against what is claimed in marketing.

Readiness15% of the assessment25

What this asks

Ship-date specificity, pricing transparency, distribution and regulatory status.

Disclosure15% of the assessment30

What this asks

How much of the product is disclosed. Higher means fewer fundamental unknowns remain.

Not a Robovations Scorethe two never convert into each other

This is a projection from pre-shipping signals, not a measurement. When the robot ships, the assessment is archived, a first Robovations Score is computed from the field record, and the change is logged on the tracker rather than appearing as a new number.

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FIT CHECK

Will the Galaxea R1 fit your scenario?

Describe your scenario using the controls. Each choice reads the spec sheet for you, flagging where the Galaxea R1 is built for your space and where it isn’t.

Where it operates

Primary tasks

Supervision needs

Timeline

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SPECIFICATION

The full spec sheet.

Manufacturer-published figures, measured against every humanoid robots we track.

Dimensions not publishedDimensional drawing

Key specificationsManufacturer-published

Official referencesManufacturer site

RECORD

How the assessment has moved.

Every announcement, release and reassessment behind the current classification.

Coming soon

Just launched

Active updates

Settled

Discontinued

Jan 2025 · AnnouncementGalaxea AI launches R1 wheeled humanoid robot with dual 6-axis arms
Jul 2025 · NewsGalaxea AI closes $100 million Series A financing at $700 million valuation
Aug 2026 · AssessmentReassessed under the Pre-Release Assessment framework

Common questions

What people actually ask.

5 answered

OperationIs Galaxea R1 the same as a Galaxea 'A1'?

No such product as an A1 humanoid exists. Galaxea’s A-series is a separate line of standalone robot arms; the company’s humanoid platform is the R1, and an enhanced R1 Pro, a wheeled dual-arm platform.

OperationCan I buy an R1 for home use?

No. R1 is sold only to research institutions, universities, and manufacturing enterprises, at a reported $44,500 to $64,000, not to consumers.

OperationDoes R1 operate autonomously?

No independent source confirms R1 completing any specific demonstrated task without human involvement. The manufacturer’s own training method directs the robot’s arm through a teleoperation switch, and Galaxea separately sells a dedicated R1-T teleoperation accessory as a companion product.

OwnershipHow much does R1 cost?

Forbes reported a range of 320,000 to 459,900 yuan, approximately $44,500 to $64,000, in August 2025, varying by accessories. This could not be confirmed against an official manufacturer pricing page, which was unreachable during this review.

OperationWhat can R1 physically do?

It is a 24-DOF wheeled dual-arm platform with a 5kg payload per arm, a reach from floor level to 2 meters, and an onboard compute budget of up to 550 TOPS, sold for embodied-AI research and manufacturing pilot work.

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Citation

Robovations. "Galaxea R1: Autonomy Level II (Assisted Autonomy)." Autonomy Ladder™, assessed August 2026. https://robovations.com/robots/galaxea-r1/

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