VLAI Robotics

Summary

About

About VLAI Robotics

VLAI Robotics builds anthropomorphic dual-arm hardware intended to lower the entry cost for physical-AI development. The company’s platforms combine modular arms and end effectors with controller access for imitation learning, teleoperation and real-world data collection. Earlier X-series systems provide a stationary dual-arm form, while the L and K lines add wheeled mobility for manipulation across a larger workspace.

K1 is the company’s most integrated mobile platform to date, pairing an articulated head and waist with two arms and an omnidirectional base. VLAI supports common robotics and simulation environments including ROS 2, MoveIt 2, LeRobot, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab and MuJoCo, allowing developers to move between manual control, model training and deployment on the same hardware. The company launched K1 in China in August 2026 at a starting price of ¥19,800.

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Products

  • K1

    K series

Operations

Output & shipments

  • Shipments

    2026-08-13 - VLAI Robotics said cumulative shipments across its robot-platform portfolio were approaching 1,000 units at the K1 launch. - company-wide robot platform portfolio

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Team

  • Zhang Maofeng - Founder & CEO - Leads the company’s product and commercial strategy across its dual-arm and wheeled robot platforms.

Timeline

Events

  • 2026-08-13 - Product Launch - VLAI Robotics launches K1 wheeled semi-humanoid from ¥19,800

    K1 combines an articulated head and waist with two 6 kg-payload arms on a four-wheel omnidirectional base. VLAI lists ±0.02 mm repeatability, control latency below 10 ms and optional grippers or dexterous hands. The developer stack supports LeRobot, ROS 2, MoveIt 2, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab and MuJoCo for teleoperation, VLA and world-model workflows.

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Context

Context tags

  • Wheeled Humanoid Mobile Manipulator Builder - Peer Group - https://space.bilibili.com/3706957064046974 - VLAI builds complete wheeled dual-arm semi-humanoid mobile manipulators including the K1 platform.
  • Humanoid robot development labs - Customer Environment - https://space.bilibili.com/3706957064046974 - the K, L and X platforms are positioned for embodied-AI research and developer test environments.