DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. DexForce is ahead on deployment, commercials, firepower and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology and positioning. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, DexForce in China. Astribot is named in 12 signals and DexForce in 26.
Astribot develops and sells the T1 general-purpose humanoid robot, priced commercially at RMB 89,900. It has also announced large-scale industrial, manufacturing, warehousing and logistics deployment plans.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Astribot, also known as Stardust Intelligence, is a Shenzhen general-purpose embodied-AI robotics company founded in December 2022 that develops the rope-driven S1 platform, Lumo models, DuoCore control software and the T1 robot. It reported a September 2025 thousand-unit strategic order with SEER Robotics, publicized Q4-25 delivery commencement, and completed a June 2026 Series B exceeding RMB 1 billion at a valuation above RMB 10 billion; named ecosystem links include Ant Group, JD.com, ThunderSoft, SEER Robotics and Physical Intelligence. The principal open question is execution: public evidence confirms product sales, demonstrations and announced deployments, but does not independently verify completion of the full thousand-unit delivery program or disclosed domain revenue.
12 signals name Astribot.
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DexForce develops and sells humanoid robots, including the 40-degree-of-freedom W1 Pro, and has shipped thousands of robots for real-world deployments in tourism, cultural venues, retail and service settings.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
DexForce, also known as Kuawei or 跨维智能, is a China-based physical-AI company supplying embodied-intelligence software, 3D perception, simulation/data infrastructure and its own W1 Pro general-purpose humanoid platform. It reported more than 1,000 deployed projects across over 30 cities, a July-2025 A1/A2 financing of several hundred million RMB, a June-2026 RMB 1 billion Series B at a valuation above RMB 10 billion, and W1 Pro production and first delivery through Lenovo's manufacturing network in October-December 2025. Its distinguishing position is a vertically integrated data-to-model-to-robot stack; the open question is how much of reported commercial deployment is autonomous operation versus company-supported or teleoperated delivery.
26 signals name DexForce.
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DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. DexForce is ahead on deployment, commercials, firepower and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology and positioning. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, DexForce in China. Astribot is named in 12 signals and DexForce in 26.
DexForce ranks 9 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 85; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. DexForce is ahead on deployment, commercials, firepower and leverage. Level on production, progress, technology and positioning. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, DexForce in China. Astribot is named in 12 signals and DexForce in 26. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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