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NEO 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, NEO is further along: at the pilot stage versus Astribot S1 at the research stage, as of 2026.

NEO has more verified real-world deployments (3 vs 0).
NEO is at the pilot stage; Astribot S1 at the research stage.

Attribute	NEO View full model page →	Astribot S1 View full model page →
Manufacturer	1X Technologies	Stardust Intelligence
Form factor	humanoid	humanoid
Maturity	pilot	research
Autonomy	◐ not independently verified	◐ not independently verified
Availability	preorder-openpreorder	announced-no-dateannounced
Price	$499/month subscription (manufacturer target) or $20,000 (manufacturer target) or $499/month subscription (actual sale price) or $20,000 (actual sale price)	Not announced
Capability claims	Tidies a room (teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-once) Fetches items (teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-once) Does dishes (teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated-once) Elderly assistance (teleoperated-assisted, claimed) Watches a pet (teleoperated-assisted, claimed) Prepares meals (teleoperated-assisted, claimed)	Picks and packs (demo-only, demonstrated-once)
Brain	1X World Model (world-model) Redwood AI (foundation-model)	—
Verified deployments	3	0
Privacy practices	11Face blurring, Restricted zones, Session approval, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, capture-indicator, bystander-recording, training-data-use, on-device-processing	—
Sources on file	34	6

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Editorial summaries

NEO

1X is the only humanoid maker in this cohort betting on the consumer market at price-of-a-car scale, distinct from the enterprise-integration contracts that define Figure, Apptronik, and Agility. The hardware is verified: NEO is a bipedal humanoid shipping to early-adopter households, backed by a Hayward, California vertical-manufacturing facility, with the wheeled EVE archived as the prior product line.

The open question is utility at scale: 1X describes home-task performance today as a mix of supervised autonomy on learned chores and remote-operator teleop on the rest, an honest framing that also signals how much of the daily-use envelope is still operator-assisted.

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 NEO and Astribot S1 differ?

On DEPLOY's record, NEO is further along: at the pilot stage versus Astribot S1 at the research stage, as of 2026. NEO has more verified real-world deployments (3 vs 0). NEO is at the pilot stage; Astribot S1 at the research stage.

What is the difference between NEO and Astribot S1?

NEO 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 NEO or Astribot S1 more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither NEO 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, NEO or Astribot S1?

NEO has more verified deployments (3) 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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