Galbot Opens ET1 Pre-Orders: 200+ Bipedal Humanoids Reserved in 24 Hours
Beijing-based Galbot has opened pre-orders for the ET1 (branded domestically as 'Yinhe Xingzai'), its first production bipedal humanoid robot. Standing 1.25 m tall and weighing 32 kg, the platform targets commercial entertainment and stage performance. Three tiers offer up to 38 degrees of freedom and NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX at 100 TOPS. Over 200 pre-orders were secured within 24 hours of listing on JD.com.
On September 4, 2026, Beijing-based robotics firm Galbot officially opened pre-orders for the ET1, its first dedicated bipedal humanoid robot. Marketed domestically as 'Yinhe Xingzai' (Galaxy Starboy), the machine represents a major commercial diversification for the startup, which previously built its market position on heavy wheeled logistics platforms like the G1 and S1.
The ET1 secured over 200 pre-orders within the first 24 hours of its JD.com listing going live, including 100+ on JD.com alone. The opening follows the robot's high-profile AstraTennis exhibition at the World Humanoid Robot Games, where Galbot humanoids completed 100+ consecutive rallies in a live tennis match.
The ET1 stands 1,250 mm tall and weighs 32 kg including battery. It is offered in three tiers: Standard (26 DoF, no dexterous hands, RK3588+RDK X5 compute), Pro (38 DoF with 12-DoF dexterous hands, adds NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano at 40 TOPS), and Flagship (same 38 DoF, adds Jetson Orin NX at 100 TOPS). The multi-processor architecture combines a Rockchip RK3588 with RDK X5 for baseline actuation, with dedicated AI acceleration on higher tiers.
Locomotion and whole-body posture control are governed by AstraBrain-WBC, a 100-million-parameter Transformer-based motion foundation model. Galbot asserts that this unified whole-body controller generates synchronized, human-like gait patterns and balance recoveries dynamically rather than switching across isolated walking states. An agentic self-learning pipeline allows the ET1 to acquire novel movements through physical demonstrations without external motion-capture rigs.
The ET1 targets commercial entertainment applications: theme park and venue greeting, storefront hospitality, live dance performance, and live comedy and dialogue (xiangsheng). This deployment roadmap reflects broader market shifts — entertainment and interactive performance made up nearly 34% of global humanoid shipments in H1 2026. The launch marks a direct competitive challenge to lightweight bipeds like the Unitree R1 and AGIBOT's Lingxi X2.
Entertainment and interactive performance made up nearly 34% of global humanoid shipments in H1 2026.
— Humanoids Daily Market Research
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