Kepler Exploration Robotics (Shanghai Kepler Robot Co.)
Shanghai humanoid maker behind the K-series; showed the wheeled K3W at the 2026 World Robot Conference.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 33 humanoids
- First robot
- 2024Latest 2026
- Headquarters
- ShanghaiChina
- Can I buy one?1 on sale nowBuy from the maker's own page
- Who uses it?1 robot model in useIn limited-series production; industrial testing at a Shanghai car plant reported in 2025.
- What is new?2025-08-21K2 enters small-batch production
Robots
3 robot models shown in public, from 2024 to 2026. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Who uses it
Customers and deployments reported for Kepler Exploration Robotics (Shanghai Kepler Robot Co.)'s robots. Each robot's page links its sources.
Forerunner K2 'Bumblebee'2024 · Pilot useIn limited-series production; industrial testing at a Shanghai car plant reported in 2025.
Market position
Company figures and analyst estimates, as reported. Each carries who said it and when.
Notes and caveats 4
- Shipped in 2025. No unit figure published; K2 mass production began Sept 2025 per company.
- Built to date. Company: 'several thousand indicative orders' worth hundreds of millions of yuan for K2 (non-binding).
- Funding raised. Funding totals not confirmed.
- Factory capacity. No capacity figure.
What is new
The latest stories about Kepler Exploration Robotics (Shanghai Kepler Robot Co.)'s robots, newest first.
- K2 enters small-batch production Shanghai Pudong Government · Forerunner K2 'Bumblebee'
- Kepler shows K2 Bumblebee at ICRA 2025 for $30,000 The Robot Report · Forerunner K2 'Bumblebee'
- Kepler unveils Forerunner K2 Interesting Engineering · Forerunner K2 'Bumblebee'
- Kepler details Forerunner after CES 2024 PR Newswire Asia · Forerunner K1
- Kepler humanoid pitched for a 3-day working week eeNews Europe · Forerunner K1
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Shanghai, China
- Focus
- Industrial and logistics humanoids
- Funding
- Undisclosed recent round (The Robot Report, 2025).
- Partners
- Car makers in logistics trials and five universities (2025).
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in China.
Sources
4 sources behind this page.
- The Robot Report Kepler Robotics showcases K2 Bumblebee at ICRA 2025
- Jiemian China's humanoid robot start-ups race to scale before Tesla arrives
- Shanghai Pudong Government Humanoid robot manufacturers in Zhangjiang see increasing orders
- World Robot Conference 2026 Kepler K3W wheeled-chassis dual-arm humanoid robot (exhibitor product page)
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