VLAIRobotics Launches Dual-Arm Humanoid K1 Starting at $2,700
AI寒武纪 · wechat · 2026-08-13
VLAIRobotics (Future Power) officially launched its new generation mobile dual-arm humanoid robot, K1, with a starting price of just 19,800 RMB (approx. $2,700). Designed as an out-of-the-box embodied intelligence development platform, it features 25 degrees of freedom, omnidirectional movement, and a 6kg payload per arm.
For development, K1 natively supports major simulation environments like IsaacSim and MuJoCo, and is compatible with the LeRobot framework and various VLA models. The company aims to lower hardware barriers for embodied AI research by providing a complete pipeline from simulation and data collection to real-machine deployment.
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