1 5 1 36 21.4K 16
K-Scale Labs
@kscalelabs
Moving humanity up the Kardashev scale
Website: kscale.dev
Github: github.com/kscalelabs
12.9KFollowers
1Following
324Posts
138Media
214Likes
Former K-Scale folks who are now carrying the torch:
- @mattfreed / @tetradynamics - cofounder, led mechanical engineering
- @pfbudzianowski / stealth - cofounder, led AI, created EdgeVLA
- @chrisvtom / @humancomplab - led K-Bot
- @_kelsey_pool / stealth - led Zeroth Bot
- @JingxiangMo / @_naturalfreq / @gradientrobots - led firmware
- @xu545302 / /dev/agents - led ops
- @lukaspet / @andonlabs (honorary) - resident
- @mattfreed / @tetradynamics - cofounder, led mechanical engineering
- @pfbudzianowski / stealth - cofounder, led AI, created EdgeVLA
- @chrisvtom / @humancomplab - led K-Bot
- @_kelsey_pool / stealth - led Zeroth Bot
- @JingxiangMo / @_naturalfreq / @gradientrobots - led firmware
- @xu545302 / /dev/agents - led ops
- @lukaspet / @andonlabs (honorary) - resident
9 19 4 205 44.5K 117
As the market unfolds, we will see greater and greater need for a viable, commercially-competitive, open-source humanoid.
near@nearcyan · Oct 16, 2025Unitree G1 robot has a root exploit via BLE using a hardcoded AES key shared across all robots
data is continually sent to overseas servers despite GDPR; as there are full lidar, audio, and video sensors, the data/surveillance potential is large
arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14139
data is continually sent to overseas servers despite GDPR; as there are full lidar, audio, and video sensors, the data/surveillance potential is large
arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2509.14139
Open quoted post →
7 17 1 244 28.7K 56
K-Bot throwing a punch
0:17 8 6 1 110 13.1K 10
Put me in, coach
0:58 17 40 7 323 66.1K 56
Second humanoid delivery, to @benswerd (K-Scale hackathon winner)
1:05 5 3 1 91 22.5K 8
First K-Bot delivery, to @Harryoc493
22 8 5 186 56.9K 9
These are the kinds of applications we want to unlock at K-Scale - where "humanoid" matters more than "robot".
Building it takes less than two minutes, but getting it to market requires deep relationships with hospitals and clinics, and rapidly iterating on feedback from end customers.
K-Scale is making it easier to do the former, so that more and more people to work on the latter, for many, many applications - there is just a crazy amount of potential out there.
And because it's open-source, you don't have to worry about where data is going, signing complex contracts, or whether or not you'll get access to internal APIs. You can just focus on building.
Building it takes less than two minutes, but getting it to market requires deep relationships with hospitals and clinics, and rapidly iterating on feedback from end customers.
K-Scale is making it easier to do the former, so that more and more people to work on the latter, for many, many applications - there is just a crazy amount of potential out there.
And because it's open-source, you don't have to worry about where data is going, signing complex contracts, or whether or not you'll get access to internal APIs. You can just focus on building.
Leander Maerkisch
9 13 1 112 34.4K 26
autism-maxxing (noun): the practice of mimicking or adopting behaviors associated with autism, often without an actual autism diagnosis, as a trend or aesthetic
0 4 0 65 5.7K 5
13 13 1 129 34.7K 9
After receiving tons of email orders from robotics communities around the world, we are expanding K-Bot deliveries to:
Japan🇯🇵
Singapore 🇸🇬
South Korea 🇰🇷
kscale.dev
The humanoid movement is global. 🌏🤖
Japan🇯🇵
Singapore 🇸🇬
South Korea 🇰🇷
kscale.dev
The humanoid movement is global. 🌏🤖
12 20 12 185 38.1K 30
Wow, incredible to pass $1M in orders since launch on July 1st!
We launched K-Bot to give the world an open-source humanoid robot anyone can own.
Thank you to everyone who ordered!
The Humanoids revolution just got started 🚀🚀🚀
We launched K-Bot to give the world an open-source humanoid robot anyone can own.
Thank you to everyone who ordered!
The Humanoids revolution just got started 🚀🚀🚀
30 51 40 567 160K 102
Affordable, Available and Made in America
kscale.dev
kscale.dev
3 7 1 85 27.1K 8
Isn't electricity your favorite, K-Bot?
K-Bot@kbot_kscalelabs · Jul 2, 2025Hi, I'm K-Bot!
Today is my first grocery run. Guess my favorite snack! 👀👇
Today is my first grocery run. Guess my favorite snack! 👀👇
0:18 3 1 0 40 5.6K 3
K-Bot is the world’s first open-source humanoid robot that is affordable, available and made in America.
Robots should serve people and empower anyone to build the future, not just big corporations.
➡️Order now kscale.dev
Robots should serve people and empower anyone to build the future, not just big corporations.
➡️Order now kscale.dev
3:50 43 119 65 626 162K 184
This is just the beginning
Ilir Aliu@IlirAliu_ · Jun 29, 2025You’ve never heard of them.
But next week, they’re shipping your first personal robot.
It’s open-source.
Garage-built.
Costs $8,999.
Here’s why they might change robotics forever 🧵
But next week, they’re shipping your first personal robot.
It’s open-source.
Garage-built.
Costs $8,999.
Here’s why they might change robotics forever 🧵
Open quoted post →
12 15 2 194 19.4K 28
Your First Personal Robot
Coming July 1st
Coming July 1st
0:22 59 158 48 1.3K 155K 333
Wow! Thank you everyone for the overwhelming interest - we only planned to release our SDK for training RL policies, and we were surprised by be the large number of hardware pre-orders!
We’ll temporarily pause robot pre-orders until our official hardware launch, to show the full potential of our robots
We'll honor anyone who has already pre-ordered a robot, first-come-first-serve, as they come off the line
Stay tuned!
We’ll temporarily pause robot pre-orders until our official hardware launch, to show the full potential of our robots
We'll honor anyone who has already pre-ordered a robot, first-come-first-serve, as they come off the line
Stay tuned!
18 22 8 345 30K 57
In the last month, we’ve been building an open-source framework for robot learning and sim-to-real transfer, made for RL whole-body control from simple walking to complex human imitation
Check out the details on HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=440221…
Get started in 5 minutes ⬇️
Check out the details on HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=440221…
Get started in 5 minutes ⬇️
0:38 12 53 13 322 76.3K 170
Thank you @rocketalignment !
In 5 months, we built an open-source humanoid stack - affordable 5ft humanoid, RL/VLA models, and OS for our Sim2Real pipeline - for anyone to build on
We’re releasing our robot learning & sim2real stack this weekend for you to try. Stay tuned!👀
In 5 months, we built an open-source humanoid stack - affordable 5ft humanoid, RL/VLA models, and OS for our Sim2Real pipeline - for anyone to build on
We’re releasing our robot learning & sim2real stack this weekend for you to try. Stay tuned!👀
The Information@theinformation · May 15, 2025AI Agenda: The Open-Source Robotics Startup That Caught OpenAI’s Eye
An open-source humanoid robot startup caught the attention of OpenAI and Nvidia researchers.
Read more from @rocketalignment👇
theinformation.com/articles/open-…
Open quoted post →An open-source humanoid robot startup caught the attention of OpenAI and Nvidia researchers.
Read more from @rocketalignment👇
theinformation.com/articles/open-…
11 59 8 423 110K 162