Astribot vs Galbot: General-purpose compared

November 2026 edition · assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence

Galbot ranks 25 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 75; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. Galbot is ahead on firepower. Level on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, Galbot in Beijing, China. Astribot is named in 12 signals and Galbot in 95.

Astribot →

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · Humanoids · Systems / General-purpose · astribot.com

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.

Humanoids 100 · rank 29 · score 74Robotics · watchlist · score 50AI Core · watchlist · score 47

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment6
Production6
Commercials4
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower7
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

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.

Latest signals

  • Astribot unveiled its T1 humanoid robot in North America at IROS 2026.Robot News
  • Astribot brings its $18,000 T1 humanoid robot to North AmericaHumanoids Daily
  • Astribot released the asynchronous online reinforcement-learning framework SmoothRL for robot deployment.QbitAI 量子位

12 signals name Astribot.

Facts, with sources

  • SmoothRL asynchronous online reinforcement-learning frameworkQbitAI 量子位
  • SEER Roboticstheroboradar.com
  • Zhongke Chuangdatheroboradar.com

39 facts on file.

Galbot →

Beijing, Beijing, China · Humanoids · Systems / General-purpose · galbot.com

Galbot develops and sells bipedal humanoids including the ET1, while also developing general-purpose humanoid capabilities such as autonomous tennis, gesture generation, and dexterous manipulation.

Humanoids 100 · rank 25 · score 75Robotics · watchlist · score 62AI Core · discarded · score 54

Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment6
Production6
Commercials4
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage8

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Galbot (Beijing Galaxy General Robot Co. / 银河通用), founded May-23, is a Beijing-based embodied-AI company building full-stack humanoid/mobile-manipulator systems (flagship G1 wheeled dual-arm robot, unveiled Mar-25; industrial Galbot S1) governed by its self-developed 'Galaxy Brain/AstraBrain' foundation model trained mainly on simulated synthetic data. It is among China's most-funded embodied-AI players, raising through a Dec-25 round exceeding USD 300M (USD 3B valuation, USD 800M cumulative) and a Mar-26 round of ~RMB 2.5B lifting valuation above RMB 20B, with named industrial partners CATL and Bosch. The open question is commercial depth: it reportedly ships fewer than ~150 robots/year despite very high funding and valuation.

Latest signals

  • MoSense completed a RMB 100 million-level Angel+ financing round.36Kr newsflashes
  • YITA raised more than RMB 100 million in seed and seed-plus funding.TechNode
  • HKPC opened Hong Kong’s first experimental embodied AI hub with seven participating companies.SCMP Tech

95 signals name Galbot.

Facts, with sources

  • Late-2025 round exceeding USD 300 millionTechNode
  • Financing roundTechNode
  • Unveiled RoboGesture for real-time speech-matched humanoid gestureshumanoid.guide

81 facts on file.

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Astribot or Galbot: which is ahead in humanoids?

Galbot ranks 25 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 75; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. Galbot is ahead on firepower. Level on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, Galbot in Beijing, China. Astribot is named in 12 signals and Galbot in 95.

How do Astribot and Galbot compare?

Galbot ranks 25 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 75; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. Galbot is ahead on firepower. Level on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning and leverage. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, Galbot in Beijing, China. Astribot is named in 12 signals and Galbot in 95. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.

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