KAIBot
KAI is a full-size humanoid robot developed by Kinetix AI (Shenzhen), founded by veterans of the XPENG Iron team. Standing 173 cm tall and weighing 70 kg, KAI features 115 degrees of freedom — including 36 DOF per hand (22 active, 14 compliant) — and is covered in full-body tactile skin with 18,000 sensing points capable of detecting forces as light as 0.1 N. It is powered by a 1.7 kWh semi-solid-state battery for approximately 3-4 hours of operation, carries up to 20 kg, and reaches a top speed of 5 km/h. KAI uses a three-module world model (Base, Action, Evaluation) and learns from human demonstrations via the KAI Halo device. Target applications include household services, retail, concierge, and light industrial tasks.
Primary use case: Household services, retail, concierge, and light industrial assistance
Height
173 cm
Weight
70 kg
DOF
115
Payload
20 kg
Specifications
Physical
Height
173 cm
Weight
70 kg
Degrees of Freedom
115
Locomotion
Bipedal
Manipulation
Payload
20 kg
Commercial
Availability
Prototype
Primary Use Case
Household services, retail, concierge, and light industrial assistance
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Kinetix AI teases KAI its humanoid robot, featuring more DoF along its body than any humanoid robot to date, plus a hybrid dexterous hand, and 18,000 sensors distributed throughout its soft, flexible body, making it the most human-like clone so far.
Kinetix AI has teased KAI, their humanoid robot claiming unprecedented degrees of freedom compared to any existing humanoid. The robot features a hybrid dexterous hand and 18,000 sensors distributed throughout a soft, flexible body, representing what Kinetix describes as the most human-like clone to date. No funding details or commercial availability timeline were disclosed.