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About Astra
Astra is an upper-body humanoid robot by Apptronik designed for safe human collaboration. It combines modular mobility, advanced actuation, and dexterous hands to perform real-world industrial and service tasks.
Manufacturer
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Key Specifications
Weight
40 kg
Status
ACTIVE
Category
Humanoid
Verified
2026-09-15
CPU/GPU
Likely NVIDIA-based edge AI (Jetson class, estimated)
Gear tech
Harmonic drive / planetary gears (assumed)
Motor tech
Electric actuators (high-torque, compact)
Height [cm]
~100–140 cm (upper-body unit, depends on platform)
Main market
Interactive service, Manufacturing
Nationality
US
Availability
Prototype
Connectivity
Ethernet, Wi‑Fi
Manufacturer
Apptronik
LLM integration
Possible (via external AI stack)
Max speed (km/h)
0
Operating system
ROS-based (Robot Operating System, assumed)
Safe with humans
Yes
Camera resolution
Likely HD–4K stereo vision (estimated)
Number of fingers
5 per hand
Ingress protection
N/A
Latency glass to action
~100–300 ms (estimated)
Main structural material
Aluminum + composites
Degrees of freedom, hands
12
Runtime pr charge (hours)
2
Degrees of freedom, overall
24
Data sourced from Wikidata · Last verified: 2026-09-15 · Methodology