Customer facilities (materials handling, inspection, QC) — evaluation
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇨🇳 Kepler Forerunner K2
Kepler Robotics · China · unveiled 2024
commercial
supervised-autonomy
electric
data confidence: medium
Watch changes · Evidence history and cited research export (API access) · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%70.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%60.5
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%72.5
Hardware & Engineering · 15%78.0
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%99.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Fifth-gen Kepler humanoid with 15 kg per-hand payload, tactile fingertips and a 2.33 kWh battery for ~8 h runtime; targeted at roughly $20k-$30k as a low-cost industrial humanoid.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
175.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
75.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
15.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
8.0 h
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
2.33 kWh
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
52 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
11 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
Yes
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
100 TOPS compute board
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Cloud cognitive model + embodied control (imitation + RL)
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
supervised-autonomy
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
commercial
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
25000.0 USD
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Kepler Forerunner K2 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with X-Humanoid Tiangong 2.0 Plus →Forerunner K2 is a humanoid robot from Kepler in China, and it is commercially available. It scores 67.0 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 21st of 169 — in the top quarter.
On the leaderboard it sits between X-Humanoid Tiangong 2.0 Plus (HMX 67.9) and Muks Robotics SPACEO M1 (HMX 66.5).
It is at or above the category median on every machine pillar, most of all mobility & locomotion: 72.5 against a median of 30.0.
By the published specifications, it runs longer per charge than 87% of the 69 other humanoid robots publishing a runtime (8 h) and has more degrees of freedom than 82% of the 132 other humanoid robots publishing a degree-of-freedom count (52).
Its published price of $25,000 is below 56% of the 62 other humanoid robots with a public price.
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. 1 deployment claim is on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a medium-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-06.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-06
- https://newatlas.com/ai-humanoids/kepler-forerunner-k2-humanoid-robot/
- https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/forerunner-k2-keplers-next-gen-humanoid-robot
- https://humanoid.guide/product/kepler-k2/
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/kepler-k2/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Kepler Forerunner K2
How much does the Kepler Forerunner K2 cost?
The Kepler Forerunner K2 has a published price of $25,000.
What are the Kepler Forerunner K2's specs?
Published specifications: payload 15 kg, runtime 8 h, degrees of freedom 52, degrees of freedom per hand 11, height 175 cm, weight 75 kg. Not published: speed.
Is the Kepler Forerunner K2 autonomous?
The Kepler Forerunner K2 has demonstrated autonomy under human supervision, not unsupervised work. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Kepler Forerunner K2 compare to the X-Humanoid Tiangong 2.0 Plus?
On the HMX, the Kepler Forerunner K2 scores 67.0 and the X-Humanoid Tiangong 2.0 Plus 67.9. The Kepler Forerunner K2 leads on manipulation & dexterity, hardware & engineering and commercial readiness & deployment; the X-Humanoid Tiangong 2.0 Plus leads on autonomy & intelligence and mobility & locomotion.
Who makes the Kepler Forerunner K2?
The Kepler Forerunner K2 is made by Kepler, in China.
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Version history · 3 versions and 1 earlier update
Full history →Nothing is deleted: every version of this record is kept, with what changed in each.
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Version 500 · 3 Oct 2026, 04:24 UTC · score then 67.0
- height (cm): 178 → 175
- onboard compute: — → 100 TOPS compute board
- weight (kg): 85 → 75
Changed by: Update Forerunner K2 (confirmed: onboard_compute, height_cm, weight_kg) (published automatically) -
Version 193 · 15 Sep 2026, 04:28 UTC · score then 66.8No field changed; the score was recalculated.Changed by a direct correction or a scoring update, not a research proposal.
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First recorded version · 6 Sep 2026, 05:24 UTC · score then 66.8The record as it stood when full copies began to be kept.
Data confidence: medium. Some figures for this robot rest on single or conflicting sources, or on manufacturer/aggregator material rather than independent reporting. Treat second-order specs as approximate. Fields marked “—” were genuinely undisclosed and left blank rather than estimated.