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ASUS unveils Gallop, its first humanoid robot, learning to pack motherboard parts on a real factory line
ASUS on November 13 unveiled Gallop, its first humanoid robot, which is learning to pack motherboard accessories at a real workstation in a group electronics factory, targeting 99.5% success within 20 seconds per board — the same standard as a human worker; customer pilots are planned for 2027 and market availability for the second half of 2028.
ASUS on Thursday (November 13) unveiled Gallop, its first humanoid robot, which is learning to pack motherboard accessories at a real workstation in one of the group's electronics manufacturing services plants. Co-CEO S.Y. Hsu introduced the robot on CNBC, and the company's pressroom post sets out the approach: not a staged demo, but a robot judged against the same pass standard as the person doing the job.
A real job in a real factory
Gallop's first assignment is packing the 15 accessories that ship with each motherboard, many of them small and sealed in thin, clear plastic bags. ASUS has set a target of 99.5% success within 20 seconds per board, the same standard it holds a person to. That figure is a target, not a result achieved so far: the company has not disclosed Gallop's current success rate or how many units are working. Gallop learns mostly by watching skilled workers do the job, then practicing with simulation, virtual-reality guidance and on-the-job feedback.
Four-layer software on a single chip
Gallop's AI is organized into four layers — planning, supervision, skills and control — all running on a single NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor computer inside the robot, using standard robotics software. ASUS designs the robot's body itself and is developing its own touch-sensitive dexterous hand; motors and other components come from suppliers. Today's Gallop works from a fixed base with two arms, with a wheeled version to follow.
Customer pilots in 2027, on sale in the second half of 2028
ASUS plans to show Gallop to customers at Computex 2027 in Taipei, start customer pilots during 2027, and target market availability in the second half of 2028. The program started in early 2026, so it has been running for less than a year. No price, unit cost or production volume was disclosed. The first market is electronics manufacturing, with hospitals and service sites to follow.
Sources: ASUS Pressroom; Interesting Engineering; FourWeekMBA.
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