Kepler Robotics Secures Major A++ Round Funding with Strategic Investments from Two A-Share Companies

Shanghai Kepler Robotics Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Kepler Robotics”) has recently announced the completion of a significant A++ round financing amounting to over 100 million yuan. The financing round was led by Saifu Investment Fund, with strategic investments from publicly listed companies Noli Co., Ltd. and Minbao Optoelectronics.

Kepler Robotics plans to focus on the development of an embodied intelligent brain and the core area of tactile data collection. The company is set to launch the first native VTLA (Vision-Tactile-Language-Action) full-perception model in China, along with a comprehensive tactile data collection solution.

In an interview with a reporter, CEO Song Hua stated that the company is building on its foundation in robotics hardware research and manufacturing. They aim to achieve a dual-driving force through “embodied intelligent brain + full-stack tactile data collection,” concentrating on vertical industrial applications. By utilizing a vast amount of high-fidelity industrial physical interaction data, they intend to train the VTLA model, enabling robots to genuinely “feel, understand, and act,” evolving into industrial agents capable of real-world perception and decision-making.

Kepler Robotics, founded in 2023, has been dedicated to the industrial humanoid robot sector, focusing on the complete stack development of “blue-collar humanoid robots.” The company has established substantial technological barriers in key areas such as planetary roller screw actuators, high-power density drives, and system dynamics control. To date, its robotic products have undergone stable validation and practical application in various real-world scenarios, including industrial manufacturing, logistics operations, and high-altitude tasks.

Since its inception, Kepler Robotics has attracted several leading companies in the smart manufacturing field as strategic shareholders. The involvement of Saifu Investment Fund, Noli Intelligent, and Minbao Optoelectronics will provide support through capital, industry expertise, technology, and practical scenarios. Industrial partners will offer technical and manufacturing support, continuing to assist in core components, precision manufacturing, and reliability design.

Song Hua revealed that the new financing will be directed towards three core areas to deepen the industrial vertical data collection strategy. First, they will continue to iterate on the VTLA tactile data collection solution, optimizing data collection efficiency and model adaptability within industrial sectors. Second, they will build a global industrial real data collection network, creating a high-quality dataset of millions of industrial physical interactions. Lastly, the company will promote the commercialization of industrial data collection solutions.

According to Qichacha, Kepler Robotics has completed a total of seven funding rounds to date. In February 2026, the company received a strategic investment of around 100 million yuan from the publicly listed company Hangzhou Kelin.

As the embodied intelligence industry matures, core challenges have shifted from hardware performance to the scarcity of physical interaction data, the lack of tactile perception, and weak model generalization capabilities. Data and models are becoming crucial for the intelligent upgrade of robots. Song Hua emphasized that Kepler Robotics is accelerating its transition to an “intelligent brain,” enhancing data and model capabilities, and continuously improving the efficiency and precision of robots in complex industrial scenarios. The company aims to remain committed to a path of vertical generalization in industrial applications, using real scene data as the core engine to push humanoid robots from mere hardware usability to true intelligent utility, striving to become a leading global provider of industrial embodied intelligence data services.

The upcoming tactile data collection solution, which is the first of its kind in China to adapt to the VTLA full-perception model, consists of two key components: a native full-perception tactile data collection system and the KEPLER VTLA full-perception model. Utilizing data collection technology centered around force feedback exoskeletons and tactile feedback gloves, this solution integrates large model multimodal fusion, establishing a truly comprehensive intelligent robotic system that addresses the long-standing gap in robots’ interaction capabilities. Statistics show that pure visual imitation learning achieves a success rate of only 50% to 60% in moderately difficult tasks; however, incorporating tactile data increases the success rate to nearly 86%, while the failure rate in industrial assembly scenarios drops from 33% to below 20%. This solution has already completed proof-of-concept (POC) validation in real factories across the automotive, 3C, and smart logistics industries. In tasks such as precision assembly and multi-material handling, its performance significantly surpasses that of traditional VLA (Vision-Language-Action) models. In a specific automotive factory’s precision assembly line, robots using this solution successfully completed 1,000 assembly operations with a success rate of 98%, directly enhancing the overall production capacity by 30%.

Wanlian Securities believes that the humanoid robot industry is at the dawn of transitioning from technical breakthroughs to scalable commercialization, driven by long-term factors such as population aging and rising labor costs. With the combined support of policies and capital, AI large models continue to inject “soul” into robots, facilitating the shift of humanoid robots from B2B to B2C markets, indicating vast future market potential. The year 2026 is anticipated to be a critical window for mass production validation and scene implementation.