Beijing based Galbot has announced the integration of NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor into its G1 Premium robot platform. The announcement was made following a demonstration at the World Robotics Conference (WRC), where the upgraded robot was presented as part of the company’s efforts to advance autonomous capabilities in sectors including retail, healthcare, and logistics.
According to Galbot, the G1 Premium platform, powered by NVIDIA Jetson Thor, now delivers higher processing capacity and improved energy efficiency compared to previous models. Jetson Thor is reported to provide 7.5 times the AI compute performance of its predecessor, NVIDIA Jetson Orin, along with 3.5 times higher energy efficiency. Galbot claims these improvements have enhanced the robot’s real-time decision-making and motion planning, supporting more complex and responsive autonomous operations.
The company’s founder and CTO, Professor Wang He, stated that the performance boost supports Galbot’s proprietary VLA models, contributing to improved real-world functionality. At the WRC event, the G1 Premium robot was featured in demonstrations and identified by organizers as the fastest-performing humanoid unit in its category.
In parallel with hardware upgrades, Galbot is working with Tsinghua University and Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute on a joint simulation platform, OpenWBT_Isaac. This system focuses on whole-body teleoperation for humanoid robots and uses NVIDIA L20 and RTX 5880 Ada GPUs to support real-to-virtual system integration for development and training purposes.
Central to Galbot’s approach is a Sim2Real methodology, which relies on large-scale synthetic datasets for initial model training, supplemented by minimal real-world data. The company reports that this technique improves model generalization and reduces the need for extensive field data collection.
Galbot also participated in the World Humanoid Robot Games, where its G1 robot completed all competition rounds autonomously, without teleoperation, and placed first in each stage. The company has begun deploying these robots in commercial settings, with over 10 pharmacies in Beijing currently using the G1 robot for autonomous tasks. Galbot has stated it aims to expand this deployment to more than 100 sites across China by the end of 2025.
Additionally, Galbot has entered into a partnership with Bosch Group to apply its AI-driven robotics platform in manufacturing environments. This initiative involves replacing conventional robotic arms with systems that are designed to offer higher adaptability and intelligence in industrial operations.
