# K2 Bumblebee at Shanghai: deployment

Canonical ID: `6d0dbbcd-0863-4ca3-8788-078cabd8d066`

Kepler K2 Bumblebee humanoid robots deployed at SAIC-GM's automotive manufacturing facility in Shanghai, handling transportation of 20 kg material bins in logistics operations. Deployment began from approximately September 2025, coinciding with Kepler's announcement of K2 mass production. The K2 Bumblebee is a hybrid-architecture (wheeled + arm) humanoid at 165 cm, 55 kg, designed for industrial material handling. Kepler described this as part of the first commercial wave of K2 deployments following the start of mass production.

Separate but related: an earlier testing phase at an SAIC-GM automotive plant in Shanghai was reported in April-May 2025, covering inspection and assembly support tasks. The September 2025 deployment is the confirmed commercial operational phase.

## Key facts

- **Use case:** Logistics -- transportation of 20 kg material bins
- **Operator:** SAIC-GM (SAIC General Motors)
- **Deployment start:** September 2025
- **Robot config:** Kepler K2 Bumblebee (hybrid-architecture, wheeled)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-12_

- **Slug:** kepler-k2-saicgm-shanghai
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [K2 Bumblebee](/models/kepler-k2.md) (id: `96ab08d5-2d7d-4a9f-8f7e-e9ec4e2e7700`)
- **Company:** [Kepler Robotics](/companies/kepler.md) (id: `63df6632-c8a1-4a49-ba31-5c46755c1e23`)
- **Location:** [Shanghai](/locations/shanghai.md) (id: `8879e393-831e-40e2-a879-b99950817fb9`)
- **Operator:** [SAIC General Motors](/companies/saic-general-motors.md) (id: `f8c371ca-9389-47ad-ad0e-fc0caa952b62`)
- **First seen:** 2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. **World's First Commercially Available Hybrid-Architecture Humanoid Robot Moves Into Mass Production** · 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 · 2025-09-26
2. **China: Humanoid robot transforms into car mechanic in Shanghai factory** · https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-kepler-humanoid-robot-shanghai-plant · 2025-09-01

## Common questions

### What is the K2 Bumblebee deployment at Shanghai?

K2 Bumblebee, built by Kepler Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Shanghai on the DEPLOY registry. SAIC General Motors operates the deployment.

### Who operates K2 Bumblebee at Shanghai?

SAIC General Motors operates this deployment as a customer of Kepler Robotics, the manufacturer of K2 Bumblebee.

### When did the K2 Bumblebee deployment at Shanghai go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting September 1, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the K2 Bumblebee deployment at Shanghai?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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