Forerunner K2
Also known as K2 Bumblebee
Industrial humanoid listed from about 30,000 dollars, with 52 joints and eleven-degree-of-freedom hands, aimed at factory material handling.
| Maker | Kepler Robotics |
|---|---|
| Country | China |
| First shown | 2025 |
| Status | In production |
| Height | 1.75 m |
| Mass | 75 kg |
| Payload | 30 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 52 |
| Runtime | 8 h |
| Actuation | Electric joint actuators with near-zero static holding power draw |
| Sensors | More than 80 onboard sensors, 25 force-sensing contact points per finger, six-axis wrist force torque sensors |
| Autonomy | Onboard compute rated at 100 trillion operations per second with millimetre-level placement |
Forerunner K2 stands 175 centimetres, weighs 75 kilograms and has 52 degrees of freedom, with each hand offering eleven degrees of freedom, 25 force-sensing contact points per finger and a six-axis force and torque sensor at the wrist. More than 80 onboard sensors feed compute rated at 100 trillion operations per second, and Kepler quotes millimetre-level placement precision. A one-hour charge supports up to eight hours of work, helped by joints that draw almost no power when holding a static pose. Kepler demonstrated an eight-hour continuous livestreamed work session at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and lists the base robot from around 30,000 dollars.
Of note
- Completed an eight-hour continuous livestreamed work session at WAIC 2025
- Listed from about 30,000 dollars for the base configuration
- Each hand has eleven degrees of freedom with per-finger force sensing
Maker: www.gotokepler.com