Kepler Robotics

• Kepler K2

Output & shipments

• Production setup

  2025-09-26 - Kepler Robotics announced that K2 Bumblebee had started mass production and begun shipping to customers, but the release did not disclose a unit count. - K2 Bumblebee

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• Customer site

  2025-06-24 - Kepler Forerunner K2 operated at an SAIC-GM plant for quality checks and assembly support in a live automotive production environment. - Kepler K2 factory testing - SAIC-GM plant

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Supply chain relationships

• Xsens Technologies

  Inbound - Sensing - Xsens MTi inertial sensors are integrated into next-generation Kepler humanoid robots

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• Keli Sensing

  Inbound - Sensing - Keli Sensing shipped hundreds of force sensors for Kepler humanoid robots in 2025

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• 2026-05-14 - Strategic financing - Kepler Robot secures strategic funding from Jiangyin-backed AI investment vehicle

  source: autonews.gasgoo.com

• 2026-02-06 - Strategic financing - >$14.4M - Kepler Robot secures over RMB100 million strategic financing

  Shanghai Kepler Robot secured more than RMB100 million in strategic financing led by Hangzhou Kelin Electric to advance humanoid-robot development and industrial deployment. - source: autonews.gasgoo.com

• 2025-05-30 - Pre-A+ - Kepler Robotics completes Pre-A+ financing

  Kepler Robotics completed a separate Pre-A+ financing approximately one month after its Pre-A round. - source: cls.cn

• 2025-04-23 - Pre-A - Kepler Robotics completes Pre-A financing

  Kepler Robotics completed a Pre-A financing backed by Zhangke Yaokun Fund, VEICHI Electric and Keli Sensing. - source: donews.com

• Hangzhou Kelin Electric - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-06
• Jiangyin Xia Chuang No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Investment Partnership - Lead - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-05-14
• Keli Sensing - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-04-23
• Pudong Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-30
• Shanghai Jijuntou Technology Services - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-30
• VEICHI Electric - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-04-23
• Zhangjiang Technology Investment - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-05-30
• Zhangke Yaokun Fund - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-04-23

• Debo Hu - Co-founder and Vice President - Founder-level leader connected to Kepler's humanoid robot launch and international product positioning.
• Yang Hua - Founder - Founded Kepler Robotics to develop general-purpose humanoid robots for industrial deployment.

Events

• 2026-06-17 - Product Launch - Kepler Robotics debuts Mechanical Qilin heavy-duty quadruped platform

  The platform is about 300 kg and has maximum load approaching one ton. The robot is designed for heavy-duty material-transfer and emergency-resupply tasks. The quadruped architecture uses actuation technology related to Kepler’s K2 Bumblebee humanoid platform.

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• 2026-05-14 - Funding - Kepler Robot secures strategic funding from Jiangyin-backed AI investment vehicle

  Kepler Robot completed a new strategic financing round worth tens of millions of yuan. The investor is Jiangyin Xia Chuang No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Investment Partnership, a vehicle initiated by Jiangyin Xiakewan Equity Investment Fund and Jiangyin High-Tech Venture Capital with backing from Jiangyin Industrial Development Group. The funding is intended to support Kepler industrialization strategy and accelerate industrial-grade humanoid robot deployment in the Yangtze River Delta, with the Jiangyin project initially targeting 10 to 20 industrial application scenarios.

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• 2026-02-06 - Funding - Kepler Robot secures over RMB100 million strategic financing

  Strategic financing: more than CNY 100,000,000. Hangzhou Kelin Electric led or co-led the financing. Shanghai Kepler Robot secured more than RMB100 million in strategic financing led by Hangzhou Kelin Electric to advance humanoid-robot development and industrial deployment.

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• 2025-09-26 - Production - Kepler Robotics begins mass production of K2 'Bumblebee' humanoid robot

  • Kepler Robotics commenced mass production of its K2 'Bumblebee' humanoid robot on September 26, 2025. • The company has signed framework agreements covering several thousand units, with a total contract value in the hundreds of millions of y... • The K2 'Bumblebee' is priced at RMB 248,000 per unit and is designed for industrial integration, capable of operating up to eight hours o...

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• 2025-09-26 - Production Milestone - Kepler announces K2 Bumblebee production and customer shipping

  The industrial humanoid combines planetary roller-screw linear actuators with rotary actuators in a serial-parallel architecture and was priced at RMB 248,000. Kepler reported framework agreements covering several thousand units across industrial services, data operations, exhibitions, manufacturing and specialized applications.

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• 2025-07-27 - Demonstration - Kepler’s K2 Bumblebee completes an eight-hour WAIC livestream

  The program included dancing, blind-box retrieval, Pictionary and precision sorting in simulated industrial settings. Four K2 robots occupied demonstration zones for logistics sorting, material handling, automotive manufacturing and education or research.

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• 2025-06-24 - Deployment - Kepler Forerunner K2 enters SAIC-GM factory testing

  Trial footage showed stamped-part loading and manipulation of mechanical fixtures, alongside factory quality checks. The robot used tactile hands and fingertip sensors; Kepler described imitation and reinforcement learning as part of its task-training approach.

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• 2025-06-11 - Partnership - Veichi, Kedali, Yinlun and Kepler agree dexterous-hand joint venture

  The planned Suzhou Yizhi Dexterous Drive Technology venture has CNY50 million of registered capital and focuses on dexterous-hand research and production. Veichi committed CNY20 million for 40%, Kedali CNY15 million for 30%, Yinlun CNY10 million for 20%, Kepler CNY1.5 million for 3% and Weili Growth CNY3.5 million for 7%. The June disclosure records an agreement to establish the company; it does not by itself establish completed production, customer orders or revenue.

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• 2025-06-03 - Demonstration - Kepler demonstrates K2 Bumblebee at ICRA 2025

  The display ran during the May 19–23 conference; the robot greeted attendees with gestures and interacted with other robotic systems. The exhibited platform stood 175 cm tall, weighed 75 kg and combined 52 degrees of freedom with more than 80 sensors and 100 TOPS of onboard compute.

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• 2025-05-30 - Funding - Kepler Robotics completes Pre-A+ financing

  Shanghai Jijuntou Technology Services was the investor in the round. The investment vehicle was established by Pudong Venture Capital and Zhangjiang Technology Investment.

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• 2025-04-23 - Funding - Kepler Robotics completes Pre-A financing

  Zhangke Yaokun Fund led the round. VEICHI Electric and Keli Sensing participated as industrial investors.

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• 2024-10-21 - Product Launch - Kepler debuts Forerunner K2 humanoid at GITEX 2024

  Development input from nearly 50 target customers shaped testing in manufacturing, warehousing, high-risk operations, research and education. The K2 configuration combined 52 body degrees of freedom, tactile hands with 11 active and passive degrees of freedom each, and a 2.33 kWh battery.

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• 2024-01-09 - Demonstration - Kepler showcases humanoid robot series at CES 2024

  Kepler unveiled its Forerunner series of humanoid robots at CES 2024 in Las Vegas. The appearance marked one of the company's first major international exhibition moments for its humanoid platform.

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Relationships

• Veichi Electric

  K2 Factory Trial - Kepler placed a K2 humanoid into a factory-floor trial at Veichi digital factory.

• SAIC-GM

  Factory Testing Site - Kepler K2 was reported working in an SAIC-GM automotive plant for quality checks and assembly support.

• Yinlun Co.

  Partner - Yinlun Co. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Kepler Robotics on thermal management for humanoid robots.

Market context

Forerunner K2

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Shared workflows

• Dongfeng Motor Corporation

  workflow adjacency - Humanoid General Task Execution

Context tags

• Humanoid robot OEM - Stack Layer
• General-purpose humanoid builder - Stack Layer
• Humanoid general task execution - Workflow