robotindex Kinetix AI KAI
A 173 cm, 70 kg humanoid from Kinetix AI, which also operates as Kai Robotics (Shenzhen, China), unveiled on 26 April 2026. It has 115 degrees of freedom, 36 in each hand, a full-body tactile skin with 18,000 sensors and a 20 kg lift capacity. It is aimed at retail, concierge and home assistance. Mass production is stated for later in 2026; shipping hardware has not been verified.
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Specs
Maker
Kinetix AIAlso Kai Robotics · Shenzhen, China · private
Unveiled
26 Apr 2026
Height
173 cm
Weight
70 kg
Degrees of Freedom
11536 per hand
Tactile Skin
18,000 sensorsFull body
Lift Capacity
20 kg
Target Use
Retail, concierge, homeNot industry
Production
Later in 2026Mass production stated, not achieved
Reference Price
The price is disputed. A target below $40,000 has been reported; Kinetix AI has not published pricing. Treat any figure as unconfirmed.
Insights
KAI is a 173 cm, 70 kg humanoid with 115 degrees of freedom, 36 of them in each hand, and a full-body tactile skin with 18,000 sensors. It can lift 20 kg. Its software is built around a World Model with base, action and evaluation layers. Training data is captured with KAI Halo, a head-mounted wearable that records first-person video and body movement from human operators.
The company was founded by veterans of the XPeng IRON humanoid R&D team and targets retail, concierge and home assistance rather than industry. Mass production is stated for later in 2026. With no verified shipping hardware the page stays under review. No official GitHub organization was found for Kinetix AI; the humanoids table shows an em dash for "no account found", not a confirmed zero.
The company was founded by veterans of the XPeng IRON humanoid R&D team and targets retail, concierge and home assistance rather than industry. Mass production is stated for later in 2026. With no verified shipping hardware the page stays under review. No official GitHub organization was found for Kinetix AI; the humanoids table shows an em dash for "no account found", not a confirmed zero.
Compiled from robotindex research, as of October 2026. The sub-$40,000 figure is a reported target and conflicts with the manufacturer having published no pricing, so it is stated as disputed. The manufacturer website has not been confirmed, so this page does not link one. No official GitHub organization was found.