Nan Fang Du Shi Bao·2025-04-23 13:15Group 1 - Kepler Robotics, a humanoid robot startup, recently completed a Pre-A round of financing with investors including Zhang Keyao Kun Fund, Weichuang Electric, and Keli Sensor [1] - The Zhang Keyao Kun Fund, initiated by Zhangjiang Ke Investment, has a first-phase scale of 1.05 billion yuan and has previously invested in other humanoid robot companies [1] - Kepler Robotics was founded in August 2023 and has not yet achieved significant financing performance compared to leading humanoid robot companies [1] Group 2 - The founder of Kepler, Yang Hua, is also the founder of Xiaomi's ecological chain enterprise, while co-founder and CEO Hu Debo has experience working at ZTE and Huawei [2] - Kepler launched the "Pioneer K1" humanoid robot in November 2023, which was iterated to "Pioneer K2" in October of the previous year [2] - The "Pioneer K2" features an 11-degree-of-freedom dexterous hand, a single-hand load capacity of 15 kilograms, and 25 flexible touch sensors per finger, with a price of $30,000 for the basic version [2]