K-Bot
K-Bot is the open-source full-size humanoid from K-Scale Labs, a Palo Alto startup founded in 2024 by Benjamin Bolte. It is sold as a developer platform with published hardware and software and is intended to seed an open humanoid ecosystem.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. Treat the score as a starting point, not a recommendation.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
What people buy instead.
- Status
- Limited production
- Category
- platform
- First revealed
- 2025
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- n/a
- Weight
- n/a
- Payload
- n/a
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- n/a
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- partial
Where it stands
Open-source full-size humanoid sold to developers from 2025 preorders.
What stands out
- Fully open-source hardware and software
- Developer-focused pricing
Price and volume
developer pricing announced at launch (verify)
Open source
Hardware, firmware and software published under open licenses.
Index position
In the Humanoid Index, which ranks on shipped reality rather than value for money, K-Bot sits at #56 of 107 with 36 points: deployment 14/50, autonomy 12/30, availability 10/20. See that method.
Other robots by K-Scale Labs.
Sources
- 01K-Scale LabsK-Scale Labs
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