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Forerunner K1
Kepler Robotics
Not yet assessed
- Height
- 175–178 cm tall, 75–85 kg
- Payload
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- Verified autonomy
- not assessed
- Real deployment
- not assessed
- Status
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- Price
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Forerunner K1
Kepler RoboticsThe extracted facts contain a significant data contamination problem: the system labeled 'Forerunner K1' has yielded facts about at least three entirely unrelated systems — (1) Kepler Robotics' Forerunner K2 humanoid robot, (2) Garmin Forerunner GPS/fitness watches (165, 245, 265, 945, 955, 965), and (3) academic robotics research papers (Robot-R1, K-ARC, Booster T1). No facts specifically describe a product called 'Forerunner K1.' The Kepler K2 facts are the closest match to a robotics system named 'Forerunner,' but they explicitly describe the K2, not a K1. Consequently, no reliable reconciled picture of a 'Forerunner K1' system can be constructed from these facts, and autonomy level cannot be defensibly assigned.
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Specification
- hardware — height and weight (K2, likely similar to K1)
- 175–178 cm tall, 75–85 kg
- hardware — degrees of freedom
- 52 DOF
- hardware — battery
- 2.33 kWh battery; 8-hour runtime; 1-hour charge
- capability — payload
- 15 kg per arm, 30 kg dual-arm
Price
No public price — contact the supplier for a quote.
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Evidence-graded claims from the Kepler Robotics deep report
Kepler humanoid robots are deployed in real manufacturing settings, including by General Motors in China
An independent Reddit/Futurology post [14] confirms GM is among car makers in China deploying humanoid robots including Kepler K2, though the scale of deployment and task specifics remain unverified.
from Kepler Robotics deep report →Kepler Robotics secured a 100 million yuan A++ funding round led by SAIF Partners, with ~$14.6M USD in total funding
Gasgoo [7], an independent automotive/tech news outlet, independently confirms the 100M yuan A++ round led by SAIF Partners; Tracxn [10] corroborates the ~$14.6M total figure, though the strategic claims accompanying the announcement remain vendor-sourced.
from Kepler Robotics deep report →
Kepler robots feature 40 degrees of freedom including 11 DOF smart hands, self-designed actuators, and multi-modal LLM-based AI (Kepler OS)
Specifications are consistent across vendor-affiliated sources [8][9][3] and a commerce aggregator [1][5], but no independent third-party teardown, benchmark, or regulator report has verified these hardware or AI capability claims.
from Kepler Robotics deep report →Kepler robots are priced at $20,000–$30,000 USD
The $20,000–$30,000 range appears across multiple vendor-affiliated commerce listings [1][4][5], but no independent purchase record, invoice, or journalist-confirmed transaction substantiates this price; a conflicting listing at $85,000 [5] further undermines confidence.
from Kepler Robotics deep report →Kepler's autonomy level is genuinely autonomous (robots perform industrial tasks without a human teleoperation driver)
The GM deployment [14] confirms robots perform tasks in manufacturing settings without a described remote operator, but no source explicitly rules out supervised operation with human monitoring and intervention capability, making full autonomy vs. supervised-autonomy unresolvable from available evidence.
from Kepler Robotics deep report →
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