Buying guide
Astribot S1 vs MagicBot Z1 in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
- Astribot S1 is at the research stage; MagicBot Z1 at the pilot stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Stardust Intelligence | MagicLab |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | research | pilot |
| Autonomy | ◐ not independently verified | ◐ not independently verified |
| Availability | announced-no-dateannounced | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | Not announced | no price disclosed (not announced) |
| Capability claims |
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| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 0 | 0 |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 6 | 8 |
Editorial summaries
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.
MagicBot Z1
MagicLab's MagicBot Z1 (unveiled July 8, 2025 in Beijing) is a roughly 140-centimeter, 40-kilogram humanoid (24-to-49 degrees of freedom, in-house actuators) marketed for agile motion via side-flip and martial-arts demonstrations; the MagicBot Gen1 has appeared in factory multi-robot demos. DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity with no verified deployments. The verified-vs-claimed point is central here: the side-flip and martial-arts clips are choreographed or teleoperated demonstrations, not autonomous task performance, and the factory demos are demonstrations, not verified at-scale deployment. As a pilot platform it has no consumer price.
Common questions
- What is the difference between Astribot S1 and MagicBot Z1?
- Astribot S1 and MagicBot Z1 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 Astribot S1 or MagicBot Z1 more autonomous?
- On the DEPLOY registry, neither Astribot S1 nor MagicBot Z1 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.
Recent coverage
- Video: Chinese startup unveils $13K humanoid robot for wider adoption - Interesting EngineeringAstribot S1 · Google News · 2026-05-28
- China's biggest TV event had a clear star: the robotMagicBot Z1 · AgentRecon · 2026-02-18
- Astribot S1 Review: Price & Specs - RoboZapsAstribot S1 · Google News · 2026-02-02
- Magiclab Robotics showcases robots for R&D and industrial tasks at CESMagicBot Z1 · AgentRecon · 2025-01-10
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