$25,000Commercial$25,000CommercialKepler Forerunner K2 (ICRA 2025): 5th-gen industrial humanoid, 178 cm / 85 kg, 52 DoF, 11-DoF hands with 25 contact-force sensors per finger. 15 kg/arm payload, 8 h on 1 h charge. SAIC-GM + HZF live pilots; mass production Sep 2025.
Kepler Forerunner K2 is Shanghai Kepler Robotics' fifth-generation industrial humanoid. It debuted publicly at ICRA 2025 in Atlanta and was demonstrated at SAIC-GM's Shanghai automotive plant in April 2025 (the "K2 Bumblebee" variant) (interestingengineering.com).
The 178 cm / 85 kg chassis carries 52 DoF and a near-zero static-power design that delivers up to 8 hours of operation on a 1-hour charge. Payload: 15 kg per arm, 30 kg dual-arm. Kepler's proprietary Dexterous Hand carries 11 DoF, 25 contact-force sensors per finger, plus a 6-axis F/T sensor at the wrist; fingertips report 96 sensors total. The "K2 Bumblebee" variant entered mass production in September 2025 (priced at RMB 248,000 per unit) and was deployed in a SAIC factory handling 20 kg material bins and at HZF's production line by end-2025.
Kepler Forerunner K1 (Nov 2023): original Kepler humanoid — 178 cm / 85 kg, 25 kg total payload, dexterous hands with sensors, 8-hour battery, Nebula AI. Predecessor to the K2 / K2 Bumblebee line.
Kepler Forerunner K2 (ICRA 2025): 5th-gen industrial humanoid, 178 cm / 85 kg, 52 DoF, 11-DoF hands with 25 contact-force sensors per finger. 15 kg/arm payload, 8 h on 1 h charge. SAIC-GM + HZF live pilots; mass production Sep 2025.
Kepler K2 Bumblebee: factory-deployed variant of K2 series. 175 cm / 75 kg, 52 DoF, 80+ sensors, 11-DoF Dexterous Hand with 25 force points per finger. SAIC factory deployment since Sep 2025; $30K base.
