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K2 Bumblebee vs MagicBot Z1 in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

On DEPLOY's record, MagicBot Z1 has more verified real-world deployments (2 versus 1) than K2 Bumblebee as of 2026; DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

MagicBot Z1 has more verified real-world deployments (2 vs 1).

Attribute	K2 Bumblebee View full model page →	MagicBot Z1 View full model page →
Manufacturer	Kepler Robotics	MagicLab
Form factor	humanoid	humanoid
Maturity	pilot	pilot
Autonomy	◐ not independently verified	◐ not independently verified
Availability	shipping-nowshipping	internal-onlyenterprise
Price	$34,000 (actual sale price)	no price disclosed (not announced)
Capability claims	Picks and packs (claimed-only, claimed)	Picks and packs (demo-only, demonstrated-once)
Brain	—	—
Verified deployments	1Kepler Robotics	2MagicLab, MagicLab
Privacy practices	—	—
Sources on file	7	8

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Editorial summaries

K2 Bumblebee

Kepler Robotics describes the K2 (Bumblebee) as commercially available and in mass production, priced at about $34,000 (RMB 248,000) per unit per the company's official announcement. Most volume is sold through enterprise framework agreements rather than individual retail. The price is verified from Kepler's own release.

MagicBot Z1

MagicLab's MagicBot Z1 (unveiled July 8, 2025 in Beijing) is a roughly 140-centimeter, 40-kilogram humanoid (24-to-49 degrees of freedom, in-house actuators) marketed for agile motion via side-flip and martial-arts demonstrations; the MagicBot Gen1 has appeared in factory multi-robot demos. DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity with no verified deployments.

The verified-vs-claimed point is central here: the side-flip and martial-arts clips are choreographed or teleoperated demonstrations, not autonomous task performance, and the factory demos are demonstrations, not verified at-scale deployment. As a pilot platform it has no consumer price.

Common questions

How do K2 Bumblebee and MagicBot Z1 differ?

What is the difference between K2 Bumblebee and MagicBot Z1?

K2 Bumblebee and MagicBot Z1 are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.

Is K2 Bumblebee or MagicBot Z1 more autonomous?

On the DEPLOY registry, neither K2 Bumblebee nor MagicBot Z1 has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.

Which has more verified deployments, K2 Bumblebee or MagicBot Z1?

MagicBot Z1 has more verified deployments (2) on the DEPLOY registry than K2 Bumblebee (1). DEPLOY counts a deployment only when confirmed at a named site with a primary source.

Recent coverage

A-Share Company Controls Kepler, Is Humanoid Robot M&A "Opening"? - GasgooK2 Bumblebee · Google News · 2026-05-20
Watch: Kepler's Bumblebee robot does welding like an industrial welder - India TodayK2 Bumblebee · Google News · 2026-05-12
China's biggest TV event had a clear star: the robotMagicBot Z1 · Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-02-18
Magiclab Robotics showcases robots for R&D and industrial tasks at CESMagicBot Z1 · Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2025-01-10

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