The Astribot S1 is a full-size mobile dual-arm humanoid robot by Astribot (Stardust Intelligence), a Shenzhen-based company founded in 2022. Standing 170 cm tall and weighing 90 kg, it features 36 degrees of freedom with two 7-DOF arms capable of 10 m/s end-effector speed, 5 kg payload per arm, and 0.03 mm repeatability. It uses a whole-body imitation learning system (DuoCore-WB) enabling autonomous task execution across cooking, cleaning, and household scenarios.
Primary use case: household assistance and research
Height
170 cm
Weight
80 kg
DOF
23
Payload
10 kg
Battery
4 hrs
Price
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Height
170 cm
Weight
80 kg
Degrees of Freedom
23
Locomotion
wheeled
Max Speed
4.5 km/h
Balance
dynamic
Hand Type
Parallel Gripper
Payload
10 kg
Max Lift/Arm
10 kg
Battery Life
4 hrs
Charging Time
1.5 hrs
Autonomy Level
Semi-Autonomous
AI Capabilities
Neural network-based locomotion, imitation learning from demonstration, embodied AI
Onboard Compute
High-performance onboard compute platform supporting 3000W peak power operation
Price
$NaN
Availability
available
Primary Use Case
household assistance and research
Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, has announced the upgrade and open-source release of LingBot-VLA 2.0, a next-generation vision-language-action model for robotics pre-trained on 60,000 hours of real-world physical data from 20 robot morphologies. The model demonstrates superior cross-morphology generalization, outperforming π0.5 and GR00T N1.7 on dual-arm manipulation benchmarks and achieving 3x inference efficiency improvement with latency under 150ms. Robbyant is currently conducting commercial pilots with hardware partners Leju and Ti5Robot, as well as enterprise customers GuoDa Drugstore and Longsheng Technology in retail, logistics, and industrial environments.
Boston Dynamics unveiled a new four-finger hand for its Atlas humanoid robot, featuring 13 degrees of freedom including a four-DOF opposable thumb and dense tactile pressure sensors. The design was optimized for complex manipulation tasks such as in-hand object reorientation, slip recovery, and tool operation including drills, grinders, and welding torches. The company deliberately chose four fingers over a five-finger human-like hand to reduce cost, size, and failure points while maintaining the dexterity needed for industrial work.
Astribot, a Shenzhen-based physical AI company, showcased its T1 humanoid robot in North America for the first time at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh. The T1 features a cable-driven architecture, stands 1.55 meters tall, weighs 66 kg, and is powered by Astribot's Lumo AI model family and embodied operating system. US pricing starts at $18,000 with immediate delivery available.