Unitree ranks 2 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 89; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. Astribot is ahead on leverage. Unitree is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on progress and technology. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. Astribot is named in 12 signals and Unitree in 720.
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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Unitree designs, manufactures, and sells general-purpose bipedal humanoid robots including the G1, G1+, H1, and R1. It has reported mass production of approximately 18,000 bipedal humanoids.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Unitree is the Chinese humanoid and quadruped leader (Shanghai STAR Market IPO in August 2026, ~$905M raised at ~$9B, closing up ~460-542% day one) that shipped 5,500 humanoids in 2025 (world #1 per its prospectus) with FY25 revenue of RMB 1.71B (~$250M, +335%) at ~60% gross margin, humanoids now 51.5% of core revenue. Its H2 full-size humanoid ships at $29,900 (the cheapest on the market) and its G1 at $13,500, with a $100K NVIDIA GR00T reference platform due late 2026, targeting ~20,000 humanoid shipments in 2026. A critical mix flag: >70% of 2025 humanoid sales were research and educational buyers, with industrial deployments under 10% of revenue, so its shipment count and its useful-work count are very different things.
720 signals name Unitree.
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Unitree ranks 2 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 89; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. Astribot is ahead on leverage. Unitree is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on progress and technology. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. Astribot is named in 12 signals and Unitree in 720.
Unitree ranks 2 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 89; Astribot ranks 29 with 74. Astribot is ahead on leverage. Unitree is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on progress and technology. Astribot is based in Shenzhen, China, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. Astribot is named in 12 signals and Unitree in 720. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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