Kepler Robotics

K2 'Bumblebee' industrial humanoid with hybrid linear/rotary actuation, priced at RMB 248,000

Startup · Shipping · Humanoid startup · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · Founded 2023 · gotokepler.com

Unverified Low-confidence record. No reliable funding/valuation figures found. Jiemian date approximate.

Profile

Shanghai-based Kepler makes the K2 'Bumblebee' industrial humanoid, which mixes planetary-roller-screw linear actuators and rotary joints. It began mass production in Sep 2025 and reports framework agreements for several thousand units, though volumes are not independently verified.

Leadership

No leadership names in this dataset.

Flagship robots

• K2 Bumblebee Humanoid
  Industrial humanoid, RMB 248,000; mass production from Sep 2025

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• Leju Robotics

  Direct competitor

  CNHumanoid OEM

  Both sell full-size humanoids to Chinese industrial and commercial customers: Leju Robotics makes the Kuavo humanoid, while Kepler Robotics sells the K2 industrial humanoid.

  Sources (2)

  • Kepler Robotics (company website)
  • Leju Robotics (company website)

• EngineAI

  Direct competitor

  CNHumanoid startup

  Both sell full-size humanoids to Chinese industrial and commercial customers: EngineAI makes the T800 full-size industrial humanoid, while Kepler Robotics sells the K2 industrial humanoid.

  Sources (2)

  • Kepler Robotics (company website)
  • EngineAI (company website)

• AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics)

  Direct competitor

  CNHumanoid startup

  Both sell full-size humanoids to Chinese industrial and commercial customers: AgiBot ships humanoids in volume and is the largest shipper by IDC count, while Kepler Robotics sells the K2 industrial humanoid.

  Sources (2)

  • Kepler Robotics (company website)
  • AgiBot (Zhiyuan Robotics) (company website)

Recent news

• Sep 26, 2025 — K2 Bumblebee enters mass production PR Newswire

Sources

• Kepler K2 hybrid-architecture humanoid moves into mass production (PR Newswire) (Sep 26, 2025)
• China's humanoid robot start-ups race to scale before Tesla arrives (Jiemian Global) (Mar 1, 2026)

Confidence: low.

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