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AEON vs Astribot S1 in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, AEON is further along: at the pilot stage versus Astribot S1 at the research stage, as of 2026.

AEON has more verified real-world deployments (1 vs 0).
AEON is at the pilot stage; Astribot S1 at the research stage.

Attribute	AEON View full model page →	Astribot S1 View full model page →
Manufacturer	Hexagon	Stardust Intelligence
Form factor	humanoid	humanoid
Maturity	pilot	research
Autonomy	—	◐ not independently verified
Availability	internal-onlyenterprise	announced-no-dateannounced
Price	Not announced	Not announced
Capability claims	—	Picks and packs (demo-only, demonstrated-once)
Brain	GR00T N1 (Isaac GR00T) (foundation-model)	—
Verified deployments	1Hexagon	0
Privacy practices	—	—
Sources on file	6	6

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Editorial summaries

AEON

Hexagon's AEON is an industrial humanoid robot built for factory work such as assembly lines and high-voltage EV-battery manufacturing, developed with NVIDIA, Microsoft, and the Swiss actuator maker maxon. It carries 22 sensors and self-swapping batteries (about 23 seconds) for around-the-clock operation, with a walking speed near 2.5 meters per second.

DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity with one verified deployment, at BMW Group Plant Leipzig: the honest counterpoint to aggregator 'humanoids are working in factories at scale' framing, this is a verified pilot, not commercial-at-scale. As industrial equipment sold to manufacturers, it has no consumer price.

Astribot S1

The Astribot S1, from China's Astribot (Shenzhen), is a research humanoid that drew wide attention for fluid bimanual manipulation demonstrations (folding clothes, pouring, handling objects). There is no verified consumer price or delivery date on record, and the manipulation footage is demonstration material, not evidence of verified autonomous deployment. DEPLOY classifies its maturity as research and applies verified-vs-claimed discipline: the demos are impressive claims; verified deployment and pricing are absent.

Common questions

How do AEON and Astribot S1 differ?

On DEPLOY's record, AEON is further along: at the pilot stage versus Astribot S1 at the research stage, as of 2026. AEON has more verified real-world deployments (1 vs 0). AEON is at the pilot stage; Astribot S1 at the research stage.

What is the difference between AEON and Astribot S1?

AEON and Astribot S1 are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

Is AEON or Astribot S1 more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither AEON nor Astribot S1 has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.

Which has more verified deployments, AEON or Astribot S1?

AEON has more verified deployments (1) on the DEPLOY registry than Astribot S1 (0). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

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