When the S1 was first revealed in April, we did wonder why all of the promo footage showed the top half of the bot only. Now we know why, as the newly-refined S1 has been wheeled into the spotlight for its official launch.
Where much humanoid development is focused on getting bipeds into factories and manufacturing facilities, it very much looks like Astribot is taking aim at domestic duties, as you can see in the launch video below (be sure to watch to the end).
Astribot has decided against employing a pair of jointed lower limbs for the S1, opting for a much less complicated and ultimately more reliable setup of motorized wheels and a single "leg" that bends at the "knee" and base. It also looks like the humanoid helper isn't running on battery power alone as a cable is clearly shown connected to the base at one point in the video.
Despite the clear differences to April's prototype – such as a much less pronounced chest area and a fuller head module (as opposed to the basic camera/sensor attachment of old) – the company's website doesn't appear to have been updated yet. So the S1 is still shown as having a top speed of 10 meters per second, an acceleration of round 100 m/s2, seven degrees of freedom in each arm and the ability for each arm to handle payloads of up to 10 kg.
At the end of the arm is a sensor-packing dual-digit gripper instead of the human-like robo-hand that's common elsewhere in the humanoid development space, but this doesn't seem to stop the S1 from performing a number of complex tasks. And the AI-learned chores demonstrated here have a more rounded feel to them, perhaps indicating the upcoming production readiness of the robot.
Again, rather frustratingly, the company doesn't go into any detail about hardware specs or AI learning methods used to teach the humanoid its skillset – which now includes martial arts instruction, vacuuming a room, waffle making and feeding the cat while also allowing for remote play with the feline companion using VR goggles.
Still, it's impressive stuff from a very young company. All footage is claimed genuine and recorded at 1x speed, and apart from teasing the cat, teleoperation was not used. And that's about all we can share at this point, though we are awaiting more information from the company and will fill you in as soon as that lands.
Ever thought of a machine that could take care of your pet, clean houses, perform exercises alongside you, play music, and, most importantly, do some kitchen chores? Well, congratulations! Your dream has turned into reality. A new robot assistant called Astribot S1 smartly performs these tasks. The S1 robot assistant is claimed to have unparalleled agility, dexterity, and accuracy, which help it perform all kinds of tasks.
Launched by Stardust Intelligence, a Chinese company, the robot has a human-like upper body structure mounted on a wheeled base. During its first technical demonstration, the robot was seen folding clothes, sorting items, flipping pans while cooking, vacuuming, and cup stacking, attracting widespread attention in the industry. Presented in a complete form in a new video, the robot is seen accurately serving tea in a cup. If you are feeling sad and want to listen to any music, the innovative machine can play musical instruments as well. It can also be a perfect competitor in basketball, as the robot is seen accurately shooting the basket.
At normal speed (commonly 3 to 10 times speed in the industry), S1 can be described as intelligent and versatile, showcasing intelligent planning and superior operation in long sequence tasks such as food preparation, brewing Kung Fu tea, and instrument performance, reported Pandaily. The robot is seen performing multiple tasks in a controlled environment, and the company claims that real-world performance and adaptability remain to be tested.
Powered by Stardust Intelligence’s design for AI architecture, the robot has an AI system integrated with advanced hardware. It helps the machine learn and interact with its environment. Designed to mimic human decision-making and physical interaction, the robot can handle tasks that would traditionally require human dexterity and judgment.
The Astribot S1 is also capable of dynamic and agile physical tasks, such as practicing Wing Chun martial arts or even making accurate basketball shots. These abilities highlight the robot’s agility and ability to manage complex sequences of motion, further cementing its position as a highly versatile AI assistant, reported Maginative. The company is expected to target research, commercial, and home applications while commercializing the robot later this year.
Astribot S1 is the new generation AI robot assistant officially launched by Stardust Intelligence two days ago. It replicated the expertise of guzheng playing, calligraphy, and sugar painting within hours, performing and interacting with the audience on site. This learning and operation capability can be replicated across various tasks and scenarios, demonstrating industry-leading general operational abilities across multiple contexts and setting a new standard in the industry.
The slogan of Astribot is “High tech, High life”, dedicated to creating warm AI robot assistants for several billion people. S1 is an all-purpose humanoid robot that, during its first technical demonstration in April this year, performed several complex tasks including folding clothes, sorting items, flipping pans while cooking, vacuuming, and cup stacking, attracting widespread attention in the industry. This time, S1 was presented in its complete form, continuing to uphold the product concept “Naturally Yours”, showcasing the potential of the “strongest AI robot assistant” in a series of challenging, long-sequence, and generalizable tasks.
At normal speed (commonly 3 to 10 times speed in the industry), S1 can be described as intelligent and versatile, showcasing intelligent planning and superior operation in long sequence tasks such as food preparation, brewing Kung Fu tea, and instrument performance. It exhibits expert-level agility, dexterity, and smoothness in skills like imitating Wing Chun and precise shooting, greatly expanding the imagination for applications.
The S1 product relies on the integrated hardware and software system architecture for AI (Design for AI) independently developed by Astribot, which strongly couples ‘AI intelligence’ with ‘the most powerful operations’. This allows the robot to closely mimic humans, learning, thinking, and working like a person, interacting intelligently and fluently with people, using human tools and devices, and helping to complete tedious, difficult, or dangerous tasks. This establishes the foundational technology for embodied intelligence and a core technological advantage.
In terms of AI intelligence, the S1 has the ‘most powerful brain’, equipped with perception, cognition, real-time decision-making abilities in complex environments, as well as intelligent understanding and multimodal interactive execution capabilities, achieving generalized operations at the object, task, and environment levels. It is worth noting that Astribot has made a key breakthrough in data acquisition for embodied intelligence. The S1 can low-cost utilize existing real-world video data and human motion capture data, collecting high-quality data across multiple dimensions such as touch, force, vision, and hearing from a first-person perspective. By integrating this data for more efficient large-scale training, it reduces the cost, volume, and training difficulty of collecting high-quality data for robots, enhancing the potential for generalization.
In terms of robot hardware, the S1 can achieve the ‘strongest operation’ among robots of the same specifications at a low cost. Its unique soft and hard coupling transmission mechanism design monitors force transmission in real time through sensors, no longer relying on trajectory estimation, but instead precisely controlling the output force by sensing the magnitude of the force, much like a human, significantly improving operational precision.
The S1 can understand and make decisions like a human, interact smoothly with people, and continually learn and evolve through interactions with the real world, steadily enhancing its intelligence and multitasking generalization abilities. In the future, it is expected to gradually achieve Artificial General Intelligence.
The S1 features a ‘high-value upper body and a mobile lower body,’ making it suitable for a wide range of scenarios including research, commercial use, and home applications. Its key components are self-developed, providing a significant cost advantage.
Through the design of hardware that combines rigidity and flexibility along with innovative planning algorithms, the S1 achieves extremely high safety, enabling precise control of force during interactions, ensuring that it does not harm people, objects, or itself during movement, thus laying the foundation for real-world applications.
Astribot pursues groundbreaking integration of software and hardware technology, continuously expanding the boundaries of application scenarios, with commercialization expected by 2024.
The CEO of Astribot, Lai Jie, stated: “Our vision is to provide several billion people with AI robotic assistants. Whether it’s taking care of the home or working in factories, the more robots learn, decide, and execute like humans, the more they can help people do more and do it better. Therefore, we welcome everyone to bring their demands to the S1, allowing its capabilities to grow from 55% and 85% to 99.99%, getting infinitely closer to human levels. We also hope that in the next five to ten years, AI robots will enter thousands of households.”
