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Index / K-Scale K-Bot
T3 DEMOING BIPEDAL

K-Scale K-BotHumanoid robot reality check: tier, verified deployments, price and evidence ledger

K-Scale Labs

Tier 3, Demoing. Demos and claims. No verified customer on record.
Dated events per month
AUG 2025 · 1 events
Aug 2025Jul 2026
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No published priceverified pricechecked against maker channels
0deployment eventscustomer or independent source
0pilot eventsnamed-customer trials
1claim-only eventsthe maker's word, never moves a tier
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3 events, and what kind of thing each one was.

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DEMOstunts, stages, exhibitions
CLAIMthe maker's word, never moves a tier
INCIDENTsafety and security findings
3independentarms-length press and analysts
0customer-sidethe customer itself says so
0vendorthe maker or its PR channels

The K-Scale K-Bot evidence ledger: every line has a date and a source.

3 arms-length events on file for the K-Scale K-Bot, newest first. Claims are listed and labeled; they never lift the tier.

Spec sheet (DOF, payload, battery, safety cert) ships with the August build, sourced from the maker's datasheet. Specs describe design intent; they never stand in for evidence.

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Evidence ledger · 3 events
3 of 3 events
  • INCIDENTK-Scale's former COO published a post-mortem on watching the startup die from the inside; therobotreport.com · independent
  • CLAIMK-Scale Labs planned to ship K-Bot, a personal open-source humanoid with basic locomotion and voice control, from December 2025. ibm.com · independent
  • DEMOK-Bot launched as the first open-source humanoid manufactured in America, priced at 8,999 USD for the first 100 units. rs-online.com · independent

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