The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Kepler Robotics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $100.0M raised. 4 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
Kepler Robotics is a Humanoid robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots for industrial and commercial applications. Products include the Kepler series humanoid platform. Focused on AI-powered manipulation and locomotion for manufacturing and logistics.
Reality check
Mass production claim
Claims will soon be able to mass produce humanoid robots
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Key facts
Founder
Founded
Product
Actuation
Testing
Incidents
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Kepler Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Sep 2025. Explore where Kepler Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Kepler Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Liu Yao Co-Founder, CEOsince 2022-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Liu Yaocofounderfounded 2022-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Kepler Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Kepler Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
Kepler Robotics in third-party press
Peers
101 peers across 1 segment. Every Kepler Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(101)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- Unitree Roboticsdirect competitor(reported)weak
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $100.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (2)
- Series B2024-03-01
$100M(reported) · $800M post
Investors: GL Ventures (Hillhouse Ventures) (lead), Qiming Venture Partners, Matrix Partners China
- Series Pre-A2023-06-01
Investors: Qiming Venture Partners, Matrix Partners China
Timeline
Every recorded move in Kepler Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2024-03-01Series B raising $100000000
Funding roundSeries Pre-A funding round
2023-06-01Series Pre-A
Key hireLiu Yao joins as Co-Founder, CEO
2022-01-01Liu Yao appointed Co-Founder, CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Kepler Forerunner K2 humanoid
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 1, 2025
K2 Bumblebee at Shanghai, China
Sources (4)
- https://www.therobotreport.com/kepler-robotics-showcases-k2-bumblebee-icra-2025/
- https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-kepler-humanoid-robot-shanghai-plant
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-first-commercially-available-hybrid-architecture-humanoid-robot-moves-into-mass-production-kepler-marks-the-start-of-a-new-industrial-era-302568138.html
- https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/kepler-debuts-k2-humanoid-robot
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kepler Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Kepler Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Startup Funding News Today, September 1, 2026: VAST, Gridsight, Airbility, Kepler Aerospace & More
A $446 million AI financing in China, a $26 million bet on overloaded electricity grids, and fresh capital for counter-drone aircraft set the tone for startup funding on September…
Indian space startup Kepler raises $8m for ISR satellites
It will also be used to scale Kepler’s Mission Operations as a Service and Avionics as a Service businesses.
Kepler Enters Optical Tech Partnership, Hosted Payload Agreement with NorthStar
Kepler Communications will combine its optical data relay infrastructure with NorthStar’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) services under the terms of a new strategic partnership the…
Kepler Launches Service on its New Optical Data Relay Constellation
Kepler Communications is now offering service from the next-generation optical data relay network constellation to global commercial and government customers, the operator…
Kepler Exploration Robotics: Kepler humanoid robot specs and price
Kepler Robotics' K2 humanoid robot features 52 degrees of freedom, deployed at SAIC-GM plant in Shanghai for quality inspection, with mass production planned and retail prices of…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kepler.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kepler/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/63df6632-c8a1-4a49-ba31-5c46755c1e23
- Revision history: /companies/kepler/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
FRC team Orbit 1690 from Binyamina, Israel, presents its 2026 robot for the game REBUILT! Huge thanks to all of our sponsors mentors and parents for helping us
Kepler Exploration Robot recently unveiled its latest innovation, the Kepler Forerunner series of general-purpose humanoid robots. This advanced humanoid stands
Kepler’s humanoid robot makes its debut at SAIC-GM, kicking off real-world scenario testing across industrial applications. From precision task execution to int
The Kepler robot is equipped with self-developed planetary roller screw actuators that use dual encoders and force sensors to achieve precise and smooth control
Unmatched precision and dexterity—just like a human hand! 🔹 11 Degrees of Freedom per Hand 🔹 25 High-Resolution Force Sensing Touchpoints per Finger 🔹 Effort
Discover KEPLER K2 Bumblebee — a next-gen humanoid robot with embodied AI, 8-hour runtime: https://www.gotokepler.com/home China’s WAIC 2025 just unveiled th
Kepler Robotics has commenced mass production of the K2 Bumblebee, the world’s first commercially available humanoid robot powered by Tesla’s hybrid architectur
In this video, I review general-purpose robots designed to handle a wide range of tasks. We take a close look at current humanoid robots, what they can actually
The Kepler humanoid robot made its debut at CES 2024, attracting a huge crowd on the spot! It's a great honor to have the visit of Satya Nadella, the Chairman a
Kepler K2 Bumblebee – a big milestone for low-cost humanoid robots. Kepler K2 Bumblebee – a big milestone for low-cost humanoid robots. The impressive thing is
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Kepler Robotics draws attention at the 75th percentile but verifies reality at the 13th percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap +62.7, 4th widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 2, 2026