Shanghai Kepler Robotics Co., Ltd. Forerunner K2
Category: full-size · Manufacturer: Shanghai Kepler Robotics Co., Ltd. (CN) · Announced: 2024-10-212 · Delivery status: demonstrated
Height to scale. Width is schematic, derived from weight; not a measured body width.
Specs
| Field | Value | Status | Quote | Accessed | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height (cm) | 1751 | claimed | “175 cm (5 ft 9 in)” | 2026-09-20 | — |
| Weight (kg) | 751 | claimed | “75 kg (165 lbs)” | 2026-09-20 | — |
| Degrees of freedom | 522 | claimed | “52 total; hands feature up to 11 DOF per hand (active and passive)” | 2026-09-20 | — |
| Battery runtime (min) | 4801 | demonstrated | “1-hour charge, 8-hour operation” | 2026-09-20 | — |
| Payload (kg) | 301 | claimed | “30 kg (66 lbs)” | 2026-09-20 | — |
Price history
| Date | Amount | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | CNY 248,0001 | Bumblebee base pre-sale configuration | claimed |
Delivery timeline
| Date | Event | Detail | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-21 | announced | Forerunner K2 (Gen 5.0) debuted at Gitex Global 2024 in Dubai.2 | — |
| 2025-07-27 | first-demo | K2 'Bumblebee' completed an 8-hour continuous livestream at WAIC 2025.1 | — |
| 2025-08-01 | preorders-open | Pre-sales opened for the K2 'Bumblebee', marketed as the world's first commercially available planetary-roller-screw-driven humanoid robot.1 | — |
Notes
- Height/weight conflict: Kepler's own PR Newswire releases (Oct 2024 and Aug 2025) do not give a consistent single figure across all Kepler materials; several secondary aggregator sites (e.g. humanoid.guide-derived listings) report 178 cm / 85 kg instead of the 175 cm / 75 kg used here. The 175 cm / 75 kg figure is used because it traces to Kepler's own named press release with a direct quote; the 178 cm / 85 kg figure could not be traced to a specific dated primary source and is not used.
- An earlier press round (April 2025, SAIC-GM Shanghai plant deployment) and independent coverage cited a $30,000 USD base price; this is not included as a price_history entry because it could not be traced to a specific dated Kepler statement during this build, and it conflicts with the ¥248,000 pre-sale price from the Aug 2025 Kepler release.
- The 8-hour livestream is Kepler's own event, described in a Kepler press release rather than fully independent press coverage; it is recorded as 'demonstrated' rather than 'shipped' or bare 'claimed' because it is a real, timestamped, continuous public demonstration.
- No named customer with invoice/serial-number/unboxing evidence was found, so delivery.status remains 'demonstrated', not 'shipped'.
- Shipped-bar research (2026-09-20): Web search for delivery evidence returned only NASA's unrelated Kepler/K2 space telescope mission and generic spec-sheet pages; no named-customer delivery evidence for the Kepler Robotics K2 humanoid was found in this pass. Remains at prior status.
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humanoidrecord.com. (2026). Shanghai Kepler Robotics Co., Ltd. Forerunner K2. Retrieved 2026-09-20 from https://humanoidrecord.com/robots/kepler-k2/
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