🇨🇳Kepler Robotics·China·Public demo

Pioneer K2

开普勒人形机器人

The Pioneer K2 is Kepler Robotics' fifth-generation full-size general-purpose humanoid robot, first unveiled at GITEX GLOBAL 2024 in Dubai on October 14, 2024, with its official global launch on October 17.

Public demoCommunity sourced Last verified 26 Aug 2026
Height175 cm
Degrees of freedom52
Arm payload—
Top speed—
Battery life—
Starting priceCN¥30,000
First shown2024
StatusPublic demo
Form factorFull-size
LocomotionBipedal
Updated26 Aug 2026

What it is

The Pioneer K2 is Kepler Robotics' fifth-generation full-size general-purpose humanoid robot, first unveiled at GITEX GLOBAL 2024 in Dubai on October 14, 2024, with its official global launch on October 17. It stands 175 cm tall, weighs 83 kg, and has 52 degrees of freedom across its body (two more than the previous generation, adding head yaw/pitch). It handles a 15 kg payload per arm (30 kg with both arms), has 96-contact flexible sensors integrated into its fingertips, and uses an all-new star-shaped wiring layout. A 2.33 kWh battery supports 8 hours of runtime and recharges in about 1 hour, with 100 TOPS of onboard compute; autonomous operation is enabled by a cloud foundation-model "brain" combined with an embodied "cerebellum". At launch, it had already entered real-world testing with leading customers in intelligent manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, special operations, and research and education.

The numbers

Body
Height175 cm
Weight83 kg
Form factorFull-size
Motion & power
LocomotionBipedal
Degrees of freedom52
ActuatorsIn-house planetary roller screw actuators (8,200 N peak thrust) and rotary actuators in a series-parallel structure
Compute, sensing & hands
Compute100 TOPS of onboard compute, paired with a cloud foundation-model "brain" and an embodied "cerebellum"
HandsIn-house dexterous hand: 11 joint DOF per hand, 25 force contact points per finger, 96-contact flexible fingertip sensors, and a six-axis force-sensing wrist
Starting priceCN¥30,000

Platform & deployment

AvailabilityPublic demonstrations; not generally available

Evidence trail

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