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Astra

Astra is an historical Apptronik torso-up humanoid prototype. Apptronik describes it as a teleoperated torso robot whose human-centred design influenced th...

Facts

Company
Apptronik
Product type
stationary_manipulator
Status
legacy
Website
https://apptronik.com/our-work/astra

About Astra

Astra was an upper-body humanoid platform used to develop coordinated arm movement, manipulation and interaction around people. Its teleoperated torso architecture allowed Apptronik to study compact actuation, human-aware physical design and useful task execution without coupling every experiment to a bipedal walking system.

The platform brought together lessons in perception, control and manipulation that later informed Apollo’s upper body and human-facing design. Astra is now part of Apptronik’s historical development lineage alongside earlier biped, exoskeleton and manipulation systems. Astra is a historical predecessor research platform in Apptronik’s humanoid-development lineage.

Market context

industrial_robot, stationary_manipulator, a1a7ce567c9438e8d467e91baf3e2715b5f4496f8c45f237fc7f586f9d283c36, 1672, fixed_base_bimanual_robot, research, 941, fixed torso mount, https://humanoid.guide/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Astra-humanoid-robot-by-Apptronik-humanoid-guide.webp, historical_prototype, industrial_cobot, Pre-Apollo Apptronik development platform, products/apptronik/astra-studio-2026-07-19.png, 2026-07-19, generated_studio_from_transferred_historical_cutout, Stationary Bimanual Robot, industrial_robot, stationary_manipulator, industrial_robot

Summary

Type: Semi-Humanoid

Core: Torso platform

Function: Teleoperation research

Audience: Robotics researchers

Specifications

actuation
compact actuation with coordinated upper-body motion
control_focus
manipulation, perception and control
interaction_design
human-aware design for shared environments
lineage
direct bridge toward Apollo manipulation and interaction capabilities
platform_form
upper-body humanoid manipulation platform

Operations

Environment
robotics laboratories, human-robot interaction research
Primary user
robotics researchers, industrial pilot teams
Role
teleoperated bimanual manipulation, historical humanoid prototyping
Interaction model
teleoperated, research_control
Mobility class
fixed_or_host_mounted_upper_body
Product detail
industrial_robot, stationary_manipulator, a1a7ce567c9438e8d467e91baf3e2715b5f4496f8c45f237fc7f586f9d283c36, 1672, fixed_base_bimanual_robot, research, 941, fixed torso mount, https://humanoid.guide/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Astra-humanoid-robot-by-Apptronik-humanoid-guide.webp, historical_prototype, industrial_cobot, Pre-Apollo Apptronik development platform, products/apptronik/astra-studio-2026-07-19.png, 2026-07-19, generated_studio_from_transferred_historical_cutout, Stationary Bimanual R...

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