
Shanghai Kepler Robotics Co., Ltd. was founded on August 15, 2023, with its headquarters in Shanghai. It was co-founded by Yang Hua, founder of Chunmi Technology, a Xiaomi ecosystem company, and Hu Debiao, a former executive at Huawei and ZTE. The company operates three production bases (Shanghai (headquarters and R&D), Foshan, Binzhou in Shandong, and Jiangyin in Jiangsu) with a total annual production capacity of 1, 000 units.
The company focuses on the research, development, design, manufacturing, sales, and after-sales service of industrial-grade general-purpose humanoid robots. Its core product is the "Pioneer" series of humanoid robots. The company adopts a full-stack self-developed technology roadmap, and in April 2026, it released the force-tactile full-stack data collection solution Kepler-OmniTac™.
The K2 robot began small-batch mass production in August 2025.

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