KAI (KaiBot) is a humanoid from KinetixAI (超维动力), a Shenzhen company founded in July 2025. KinetixAI focuses on highly human-like robots and builds its own AI models, datasets and the KAI Hand dexterous hand for them. Detailed specifications for the KaiBot robot itself are not published in text form.
What KAI is
KinetixAI calls itself a full-stack embodied-AI company that believes robots can only meaningfully enter the human world by adopting human-like bodies, interaction and learning. KaiBot is its highly anthropomorphic humanoid platform. Alongside it, the company develops the KAI Hand, the KAI Halo Lite data-collection kit, the KAI EGO dataset, a world model, KAI Embodied AI Infra and SMASH, a test of perception and decision-making under fast, dynamic conditions.
Target scenarios listed are the home (living room, guest room, kitchen), the factory (sorting, transporting, screwing) and services (restaurants, hotels, shops). No customers or deployment numbers are named.
KAI Hand
The best-documented component is the KAI Hand, scaled 1:1 to an adult human hand. It weighs 750 g, measures 185 x 90 x 40 mm and has 37 DoF in total: 20 active, 1 passive and 16 compliant. It combines direct and tendon drive, uses a self-locking transmission to limit heat during sustained grasps and has quick-swap fingers. Fingertip grip force is 30 N, dynamic load per finger 2 kg and repeatability ±1 mm.
Fingertips carry tactile sensors, with an optional wrist-mounted stereo camera. Built-in compliance is meant to soften impacts while grasping. The hand supports CAN, CAN FD, RS-485 and EtherCAT at up to 500 Hz.
Manufacturer
KinetixAI (超维动力) is based in Shenzhen Bay Eco-Technology Park in Nanshan district. Its site lists earlier achievements of its team: a self-designed, mass-produced medical upper-limb exoskeleton, more than 100 L4 autonomous mining trucks commercialised in 2024, and a highly human-like humanoid named to Morgan Stanley's "Humanoid 100" list in 2024. No KaiBot price is published.
Timeline
- 2025-07 KinetixAI founded in Shenzhen.
Sources
- Kinetix AI home page, KinetixAI (2026-10)
- KAI Hand specifications, KinetixAI (2026-10)
- About KinetixAI, KinetixAI (2026-10)
Updated: 2026-10-10
Verification and limitations
This entry requires an up-to-date manufacturer specification check.
MERA field measurement report: not published. Demonstration footage and manufacturer specifications are not a MERA test under event conditions.
Data and provenance for AI agents ↗Compared with the catalogue
- At 172 cm the KinetixAI KAI is taller than 58% of the humanoids in the catalogue (median: 170 cm).
- It has 26 degrees of freedom against a catalogue median of 28; more degrees of freedom usually means finer arm and hand movement.
- Its weight of 52 kg (catalogue median: 65 kg) matters for transport and for working around people.
- It is the only KinetixAI model in the catalogue and one of 128 humanoids from China.
Capabilities
Frequently asked questions
Where is KinetixAI from?
It is a Chinese company from Shenzhen (超维动力), founded in July 2025.
How many degrees of freedom does the KAI Hand have?
37: 20 active, 1 passive and 16 compliant.
How much does KAI cost?
No price is published.
How much does the KinetixAI KAI cost?
The manufacturer has not published a price for the KinetixAI KAI. You can send a purchase enquiry through MERA Robotics.
Is the KinetixAI KAI available to buy?
Status: In development: the manufacturer has shown the robot but is not selling it openly yet.
How tall and heavy is the KinetixAI KAI?
Height: 172 cm, weight: 52 kg, degrees of freedom: 26.
How do I buy the KinetixAI KAI through MERA Robotics?
Click “I want to buy” or fill in the form on this page. MERA Robotics will reply whether and on what terms the model is available and can help deploy it with the MERA OS conversation system.
Data: KinetixAI. Specs from the manufacturer; they may change, always confirm with the manufacturer before buying.
