Astribot S1
Astribot S1 is a wheeled dual-arm humanoid from Shenzhen startup Astribot (Stardust Intelligence) whose April 2024 video of fast household manipulation went viral. The company says each arm carries 10 kg and moves at up to 10 m/s.
Astribot press imageWe have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Limited production
- Category
- general purpose
- First revealed
- April 2024
- Form
- wheeled-base
- Height
- n/a
- Weight
- n/a
- Payload
- 10 kg
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric, end effector speed up to 10 m/s
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Shown in April 2024 and launched commercially in late 2024; sold to research and commercial pilot customers.
What stands out
- 10 m/s end effector speed claim
- Viral 2024 household task video
Autonomy, observed
Household tasks (folding clothes, pouring wine, calligraphy) in the 2024 launch video; autonomous cooking and tidying demos at launch events in 2025.
Launch video tasks were a mix of teleoperation and learned policies according to the company.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: grippers or dexterous hands
- AI stack: imitation learning and VLA models trained on teleoperated data
Price and volume
No public price.
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, Astribot S1 sits at #38 of 107 with 40 points: deployment 14/50, autonomy 18/30, availability 8/20. See that method.
How a humanoid robot works: actuators, compute, sensors and the model
Of 182 humanoids on record, 178 say what moves the joints and 43 say what computer is inside. The further a layer sits from the metal, the less the maker tells you about it.
What humanoid robots can actually do in 2026
Of 182 humanoid robots on record, 117 have a human in the loop, 33 have ever worked at a customer site and none has a verified fleet count. Here is what that leaves.
Sources
- 01Astribot official siteAstribot
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