VLAI Robotics (Guangzhou Future Power Co., Ltd., 未来动力) · general-purpose humanoid
K1
A low-cost wheeled humanoid with a turning camera head, a waist that tilts and rises, and two arms that take grippers or dexterous hands, on a four-wheel omnidirectional base. It has 25 joints and lifts 6 kg per arm.
- Price
- $2,770Cheaper than 95%
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 6 kgCarries more than 34%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
K1 is on the market today.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
VLAI Robotics (Guangzhou Future Power Co., Ltd., 未来动力)Company · founded 2024 · Guangzhou, ChinaAngel round of several million yuan from MiraclePlus (奇绩创坛), January 2025
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
K1 carries more than 34% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
K1 has more joints than 30% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
K1 costs less than 95% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, battery.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for K1 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base · 25 joints
- Actuators & motors
- 25 joints across the waist, head and two arms; VLAI's own integrated joint motors (motor, planetary reducer and dual-encoder driver in one unit) are its core business; four-wheel-drive omnidirectional base; internal cable routing.
- Hands
- Grippers or dexterous hands, selectable; 6 kg per arm; repeatability ±0.02 mm; control latency under 10 ms.
- AI & software
- Supports VLA and world-model control; LeRobot; Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab and MuJoCo; ROS 2 and MoveIt2; CAN 2.0/CAN-FD; remote, VR and autonomous control modes.
- Other details
- Waist pitches, rotates and rises; turning camera head. Aimed at research, data collection, production-line validation and commercial service.
Named suppliers:NVIDIAROS (Open Robotics)Hugging Face
From the maker
K1 is the only humanoid from VLAI Robotics in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $2,770From 19,800 yuan (about $2,770); price depends on gripper or dexterous-hand choice.
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- VLAI says it shipped nearly 1,000 complete units across its products in one year
- Where it is sold or used
- China (Guangzhou)
News
The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- VLAI launches K1 from 19,800 yuan
A Robot Lecture Hall report announced the K1 dual-arm wheeled humanoid, with 25 joints and 6 kg per arm, starting at 19,800 yuan.
Robot Lecture Hall (Baijiahao)
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useK1VLAI Robotics |  Unitree Dual-Arm Humanoid (R1-A5 / R1-A7 / R1-A5-D / R1-A7-D)Unitree RoboticsSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar price |  Galbot S1Galbot (Galaxy General Robot)Same job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  MagicBot D1MagicLabSame job: industrial · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-08-13 | 2026-04-30 | 2026-01-20 | 2026-07-17 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | 160 cm | 179 cm | 180 cm |
| Weight | — | 32 kg | 320 kg | 150 kg |
| Joints | 25 | 22 | 17 | 25 |
| Speed | — | — | 5.4 km/h | 5.4 km/h |
| Payload | 6 kg | 4 kg | 50 kg | 5 kg |
| Battery | — | 1.5 h | 8 h | 4 h |
| Price | $2,770 | $4,290 | — | — |
Sources
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