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TARS A1 (A-Series)
TARS Robotics · China · In customer pilots
TARS Robotics (China) builds TARS A1 (A-Series), a wheeled dual-arm humanoid, announced in 2026. It is in paid customer pilots. It sits at #21 of 106 in our rankings (42/100), best at manipulation and weakest at deployment.
TARS A1 (A-Series)No photo or video yet
42overall score
52technology
22commercial
What it has shown
submillimeter assembly of bundles (Guinness record 105 per hour); embroidery
How it compares
| Model | Overall | Locomotion | Manipulation | Hands | Autonomy | Deployment | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TARS A1 (A-Series) | 42 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 1/5 | n/a |
| UniX AI Wanda 2.0 | 44 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 | $89,998 |
| Xiaomi Tieda | 42 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 1/5 | n/a |
| Apptronik Apollo (Apollo 2) | 42 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | $50,000 |
| AgiBot Yuanzheng A2 | 42 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 4/5 | $27,887 |
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Specifications
| Maker | TARS Robotics |
| Country | China |
| Status | In customer pilots |
| Form factor | wheeled_dual_arm |
| Announced | 2026 |
| Hand DoF | 21 |
| Top speed | 3 km/h |
| AI stack | AWE 3.0; WIYH dataset |
| Not disclosed | height, weight, degrees of freedom, payload, runtime, price, units deployed, customers |
Notes and sources
DexHand brush 21 DoF; the bipedal T-Series is also announced; basic specifications not published
FAQ
How does TARS A1 (A-Series) compare with Xiaomi Tieda?
Xiaomi Tieda has the same overall score (42) and is listed one place higher.