BYD ranks 8 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 86; Kepler Robotics ranks 83 with 54. BYD is ahead on deployment, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production. BYD is based in Shenzhen, China, Kepler Robotics in Shanghai, China. BYD: Established. Kepler Robotics: private. BYD is named in 73 signals and Kepler Robotics in 4.
BYD has unveiled the Xiao Di humanoid robot and is developing industrial humanoid applications with robotics partners, including factory validation and deployment programs.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
BYD (Shenzhen, China; HK/Shenzhen listed) is the world's largest NEV maker and is deploying its in-house 'God's Eye' assisted-driving suite across its entire lineup, from the ~$9,600 Seagull up. By end-2025 more than 2.3 million China vehicles carried God's Eye, and in Jan-26 it launched God's Eye 5.0 (RL-based, end-to-end); it has also unveiled the Xuanji A3, described as China's first 4nm smart-driving chip supporting L3/L4. The distinguishing point is mass-market democratization of ADAS at unprecedented scale; the open question is real autonomy level (still L2 assisted-driving in practice) versus marketing.
73 signals name BYD.
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Kepler Robotics develops and mass-produces the K2 “Bumblebee” humanoid robot for logistics tasks, with thousands of units entering delivery.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
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.
4 signals name Kepler Robotics.
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BYD ranks 8 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 86; Kepler Robotics ranks 83 with 54. BYD is ahead on deployment, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production. BYD is based in Shenzhen, China, Kepler Robotics in Shanghai, China. BYD: Established. Kepler Robotics: private. BYD is named in 73 signals and Kepler Robotics in 4.
BYD ranks 8 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 86; Kepler Robotics ranks 83 with 54. BYD is ahead on deployment, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Level on production. BYD is based in Shenzhen, China, Kepler Robotics in Shanghai, China. BYD: Established. Kepler Robotics: private. BYD is named in 73 signals and Kepler Robotics in 4. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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