K-Scale Labs · research humanoid
K-Bot
1.4 m open-source humanoid from a Palo Alto start-up that ran out of money; all designs were released under open licenses when it closed.
- Price
- $8,999Cheaper than 78%
- Height
- 140 cmTaller than 29%
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Fully open-source humanoid (hardware CAD and Rust-based K-OS) at under $10,000.
Real-world use
Began shipping Founder's Edition units in Oct 2025; only a handful delivered before shutdown in Nov 2025.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2025
- Released
- 2025-10
Maker
K-Scale LabsCompany · founded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesAbout US$500K from Y Combinator, a US$4 million seed led by Fellows Fund, plus angel and strategic money (PEdaily); about US$400K left at closure
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
K-Bot is taller than 29% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
K-Bot costs less than 78% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: weight, speed, payload, joints, battery.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- unknown
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- AI & software
- Open hardware and software developer platform: public mechanical and electrical designs, OS integration, policy inference, and the K-Sim reinforcement-learning library (MuJoCo/JAX).
- Other details
- Component specs only found on wiki aggregators; not included.
Lineage
Every K-Scale Labs humanoid in order.
Watch K-Bot
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $8,999$8,999 Founder's Edition (first 100 units); deposits refunded when the company closed.
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Over 130 pre-orders (about $2M booked) and five robots in customer hands by October 2025 before the company closed in November 2025 and refunded deposits (AI Engineer).
- Where it is sold or used
- United States
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- K-Scale Labs shuts down
Financing failed; customers were told orders would be refunded.
AI Engineer - First K-Bots reach customers
Five robots were in customer hands as of October 2025.
AI Engineer
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | K-BotK-Scale Labs |  YogiCartwheel RoboticsSame job: home · Both walk · Both past robots |  MonaKind HumanoidSame job: home · Both walk · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2025 | 2025-05 | 2024-10 |
| Status | Discontinued | Discontinued | Discontinued |
| Height | 140 cm | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | $8,999 | — | — |
Sources
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