Astribot

A Shenzhen company building the tendon-driven AI robot Astribot S1.

Astribot was founded in Shenzhen in December 2022. Its founder and CEO, Jie Lai, previously led Baidu's Xiaodu robot team and was an early core member of Tencent's Robotics X lab. Its flagship product, Astribot S1, is a wheeled, dual-arm humanoid robot whose joints use tendon-driven actuation — cables that transmit motor force to the joints — which keeps the arms light, lets them move quickly, makes contact with people safer, and lowers cost. The company develops its hardware, teleoperation, and models all in-house, and demonstrated the S1 performing autonomous household tasks such as opening a bottle, peeling a cucumber, and writing calligraphy. Its investors include Ant Group and Jinqiu Fund; in June 2026 it announced it had closed three Series B rounds within three months, raising more than RMB 1 billion in total at a valuation above RMB 10 billion.

ExampleIn Astribot S1's release video, the robot autonomously folds clothes, pours a drink, and tosses a wok while stir-frying.

Related

Astribot S1 · Tendon-Driven Actuation · Wheeled Humanoid Robot · Dual-arm Robot · Teleoperation

Sources

深圳，又跑出一家百亿具身智能独角兽（智东西） (Chinese)
星尘智能官网 (Chinese)

As of

2026-09