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Kepler Robotics

Shanghai, Shanghai, China · Humanoids · Systems / Industrial & logistics · private · gotokepler.com

Kepler Robotics develops and mass-produces the K2 “Bumblebee” humanoid robot for logistics tasks, with thousands of units entering delivery.

Humanoids 100 · rank 83 · score 54 →Robotics · prospect · score 20Edition: November 2026

Positioning

Kepler Robotics (Shanghai, founded 2023) makes the K2 "Bumblebee" general-purpose humanoid, which it claims is the world's first commercially available hybrid-architecture humanoid, with mass production and shipments begun in September 2025. It raised a Pre-A in April 2025 (Veichi, Keli Sensing as strategic investors) and a Series A in April 2026, positioned on low-cost manufacturing humanoids. Funding totals are unreliable (tracker conflict), and shipped volumes and customer names are undisclosed.

Latest signals

  • Kepler Robotics deployed its K2 humanoid for logistics tasks.humanoid.guide
  • Kepler Robotics said the K2 “Bumblebee” uses Tesla’s hybrid architecture.Humanoids Daily
  • Kepler Robotics said thousands of K2 “Bumblebee” pre-orders were entering delivery.Humanoids Daily
  • Kepler Robotics commenced mass production of its K2 “Bumblebee” humanoid robot.Humanoids Daily

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Facts, with sources

  • Strategic financing round worth tens of millions of yuan, led by Jiangyin Xiachuang No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Investment PartnershipFunding round · app.dealroom.co
  • Q1 2026 revenue exceeded 50% of the company’s total revenue for full-year 2025Revenue band · linkedin.com
  • [object Object]Revenue band · humanoid.guide
  • K2 humanoid for logistics tasksDeployment · humanoid.guide

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Scores, Humanoids (of 10)

Deployment5
Production6
Commercials4
Progress7
Technology6
Positioning6
Firepower4
Leverage4

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Also tracked in

prospectRobotics · score 20

Peers in Industrial & logistics

8BYD · 8612Agility Robotics · 8417UBTech Robotics · 79.520Apptronik · 7728AGILE Robots · 7431Oversonic Robotics · 72

The segment's suppliers, constraints and risers, for members.

Categories

HumanoidsHumanoids · Systems / Industrial & logisticsRoboticsRobotics · Systems / Industrial arms & cobots

Questions this page answers

What does Kepler Robotics do?

Kepler Robotics develops and mass-produces the K2 “Bumblebee” humanoid robot for logistics tasks, with thousands of units entering delivery. Kepler Robotics (Shanghai, founded 2023) makes the K2 "Bumblebee" general-purpose humanoid, which it claims is the world's first commercially available hybrid-architecture humanoid, with mass production and shipments begun in September 2025. It raised a Pre-A in April 2025 (Veichi, Keli Sensing as strategic investors) and a Series A in April 2026, positioned on low-cost manufacturing humanoids. Fu

Where does Kepler Robotics rank in humanoids?

Kepler Robotics ranks 83 of 100 on the Humanoids 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 54 out of 100, in Industrial & logistics (Systems). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Kepler Robotics's peers in Industrial & logistics?

BYD (rank 8), Agility Robotics (rank 12), UBTech Robotics (rank 17), Apptronik (rank 20), AGILE Robots (rank 28), Oversonic Robotics (rank 31).

Where is Kepler Robotics based and when was it founded?

Kepler Robotics is based in Shanghai, Shanghai, China. Stage: private.

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