Facts

• Segment: Humanoid
• Country: China
• Founded: 2019
• Website: https://www.gotokepler.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Supply chain
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Record / Articles
• Sources

Summary

Kepler Robotics develops general-purpose humanoid robots for industrial, commercial and research use. Its Forerunner series combines bipedal mobility, dexterous hands, actuators and AI software for manufacturing, logistics and risky-operation scenarios.

Market context

Represents a new class of industrial humanoid builders in China targeting real-world deployment, with emphasis on endurance, manipulation, and cost-efficient production. Forerunner K2 Proprietary humanoid robotics platforms within the Forerunner series.

• Capability: Bipedal locomotion and balance control Dexterous manipulation with multi-finger hands Perception and navigation in structured environments Whole-body coordination for industrial tasks Learning-based task ada…
• Strategic position: Industrial-focused humanoid builder targeting real-world deployment Emphasises shift-length operation and practical task execution Positioned for manufacturing, logistics, and inspection environments

Products

• Kepler K2

Facts

• Website: https://www.gotokepler.com
• HQ: Shanghai, China
• Founded: 2019
• Segment: Humanoid
• Funding total: $10M
• Known funding rounds: 1
• Latest funding date: 2026-05-14

Funding

• 2026-05-14 - Strategic financing - Kepler Robot secures strategic funding from Jiangyin-backed AI investment vehicle - source: autonews.gasgoo.com

Investors

• Jiangyin Xia Chuang No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Investment Partnership - Lead - Corporate / Cvc - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-05-14

Supply chain

Internal actuation: K1 proprietary actuator stack.

• Layer: oem_builders
• Profile confidence: high

Humanoid robots for labour-constrained industrial and service work

Kepler Robotics develops general-purpose humanoid robots for labor-constrained tasks, combining bionic structure, smart hands, and self-developed actuator components for industrial and service use cases.

• Target environment: Industrial sites, service environments, research demonstrations, factory workflows and human-scale operating contexts.
• Deployment model: Humanoid platform model built around robot hardware, actuator design, product demonstrations and staged commercialization.
• Customer context: Industrial customers, service-sector operators, robotics researchers, early adopters and partners evaluating humanoid robots.
• Workflow context: Humanoid locomotion, dexterous hands, actuator development, factory tasks, service tasks and human-scale embodied AI.
• Commercial maturity: Kepler has humanoid product visibility and component-level hardware detail. Scaling depends on production scale, reliable task performance, safety, customer validation and differentiation among Chin…
• Market position: Chinese humanoid robotics company positioned around general-purpose humanoid hardware and self-developed actuator systems.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on production scale, reliability, useful task performance, safety, customer validation, component quality, and differentiation from larger Chinese humanoid builders.
• Adjacent context: Humanoid robotics, bipedal locomotion, dexterous manipulation, robot actuators, embodied AI and Chinese robotics.
• Source confidence: medium

Events

• 2026-06-17 - Product Launch - Kepler Robotics debuts Mechanical Qilin heavy-duty quadruped platform - The platform is about 300 kg and has maximum load approaching one ton.
• 2026-05-14 - Funding - Kepler Robot secures strategic funding from Jiangyin-backed AI investment vehicle - Kepler Robot completed a new strategic financing round worth tens of millions of yuan.
• 2025-12-06 - Deployment - Kepler K2 Humanoid Robot Deployed at VEICHI's Digital Factory - Kepler's K2 humanoid robot began operations at VEICHI's Phase III digital factory.
• 2025-09-26 - Production Milestone - Kepler Robotics begins mass production of K2 'Bumblebee' humanoid robot - • Kepler Robotics commenced mass production of its K2 'Bumblebee' humanoid robot on September 26, 2025.
• 2025-08-01 - Demonstration - Kepler's K2 "Bumblebee" completes 8-hour livestream at WAIC 2025 - Kepler said its Forerunner K2 "Bumblebee" completed an 8-hour livestream at WAIC 2025.
• 2025-06-24 - Deployment - Kepler Forerunner K2 enters SAIC-GM factory testing - The named site context makes this a deployment/testing event rather than a generic demo.
• 2025-06-03 - Demonstration - Kepler showcases K2 "Bumblebee" humanoid robot at ICRA 2025 - Kepler presented its K2 "Bumblebee" humanoid robot at ICRA 2025.
• 2024-10-21 - Product Launch - Kepler launches Forerunner K2 humanoid robot at GITEX GLOBAL 2024 - Kepler launched its full-sized general-purpose humanoid robot, the Forerunner K2, around GITEX GLOBAL 2024.
• 2024-01-09 - Demonstration - Kepler showcases humanoid robot series at CES 2024 - Kepler unveiled its Forerunner series of humanoid robots at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.

Operations / Deployments

• 2025-12-06 - Deployment - Kepler K2 Humanoid Robot Deployed at VEICHI's Digital Factory - Kepler's K2 humanoid robot began operations at VEICHI's Phase III digital factory.
• 2025-09-26 - Production Milestone - Kepler Robotics begins mass production of K2 'Bumblebee' humanoid robot - • Kepler Robotics commenced mass production of its K2 'Bumblebee' humanoid robot on September 26, 2025.
• 2025-06-24 - Deployment - Kepler Forerunner K2 enters SAIC-GM factory testing - The named site context makes this a deployment/testing event rather than a generic demo.

Team

• Debo Hu - Co-founder and Vice President - Founder-level leader connected to Kepler's humanoid robot launch and international product positioning.
• Yang Hua - Founder - Adds founder context for Kepler's industrial humanoid strategy and hardware supply-chain positioning.
• Huber (Debo Hu) - Founder & CEO

Relationships

• Yinlun Co. - partner - Yinlun Co. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Kepler Robotics on thermal management for humanoid robots.
• Factory testing site - Kepler K2 was reported working in an SAIC-GM automotive plant for quality checks and assembly support.

Context tags

• Humanoid robot OEM - Stack Layer
• General-purpose humanoid builder - Peer Group
• Humanoid general task execution - Workflow

Customers and deployments

• Production And Customer Shipments - mass production and customer shipments started - 2025-09-26 - Kepler Robotics announced that K2 Bumblebee had started mass production and begun shipping to customers, but the release…
• Factory Testing Status - 1 SAIC-GM factory testing site - 2025-06-24 - SAIC-GM - automotive factory testing - Kepler Forerunner K2 operated at an SAIC-GM plant for quality checks and assembly support in a live automotiv…

Record / Articles

• 2025-09-26 - Kepler moves K2 Bumblebee into mass production - Kepler’s K2 Bumblebee moved from gait demonstrations and industrial testing into batch production, giving the Shanghai company a commercial humanoid built ar…