Astribot (Stardust Intelligence)
Tendon-driven wheeled humanoid S1 for homes and services; shipments up ~14x year on year
Scaleup · Shipping · Humanoid startup · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · Founded 2022 · astribot.com
Profile
Shenzhen-based Astribot builds the tendon-driven S1 wheeled humanoid aimed at household and service tasks. It closed a Series B of more than RMB 1B in June 2026 at a valuation above RMB 10B. IDC reported its H1 2026 shipments grew about 1,400% year on year.
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People
- Lai Jie FounderFounder and Chief Executive Officer
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Flagship robots
- Astribot S1 Wheeled humanoid
Tendon-driven dual-arm robot
Funding and valuation
Latest round
$140M
Series B (three tranches) · Jun 3, 2026
Over RMB 1B across three rounds in three months; USD approximate
Original amount: CNY 1,000,000,000. Dollar figures converted from other currencies are approximate.
Valuation
$1.4B
valuation (more than RMB 10B) · Jun 3, 2026
Trademarks
No US filings since 2025 (last checked ). It may file under a Chinese legal name we don’t match yet.
Source: USPTO Trademark Search, matched on the company’s legal names. Rechecked on the 1st and 15th of each month. A filing shows intent to use a name in the US, not a launched product.
Competitors
Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.
Galbot
Adjacent competitorBoth make wheeled humanoids: Galbot runs wheeled humanoids in retail stores and on factory lines, while Astribot makes the tendon-driven S1 wheeled humanoid for homes and services.
Sunday Robotics
Adjacent competitorBoth make wheeled two-armed robots for homes: Sunday Robotics is building Memo, a wheeled two-armed household robot, while Astribot makes the tendon-driven S1 wheeled humanoid for homes and services.
1X Technologies
Adjacent competitorBoth target the home: 1X Technologies sells the NEO humanoid for the home, while Astribot makes the tendon-driven S1 wheeled humanoid for homes and services.
Recent news
- — IDC: shipments up ~1,400% YoY in H1 2026 Yahoo Finance
- — Series B of over RMB 1B at >RMB 10B valuation 36Kr
Suppliers
- D-Robotics (Horizon Robotics) — RDK S600 (560 INT8 TOPS) / S100 robot compute
Sources
- Stardust Intelligence secures over 1B yuan Series B, valued at over 10B yuan (36Kr) (Jun 3, 2026)
- Astribot closes Series B at $1.4B valuation (Dealroom) (Jun 3, 2026)
- Humanoid Robot Shipments Jump 432%, China Has 95% Market Share (Yahoo Finance, IDC data) (Sep 30, 2026)
Confidence: medium.