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K-Scale Labs Demos Low-Latency Humanoid Teleoperation in New Garage Video
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K-Bot Shows Off Smooth Moves Under Human Control
PALO ALTO, CA – K-Scale Labs, the startup building an open-source humanoid robot platform, has released a new video demonstrating a significant leap in its teleoperation capabilities. The clip, filmed in the company’s garage R&D lab, shows its K-Bot humanoid being controlled in real-time by a person wearing a consumer VR headset.
The video showcases the robot fluidly mimicking the upper-body movements of the human operator with what appears to be very low latency. As the operator moves their arms and torso, the K-Bot mirrors the actions smoothly. The robot is also shown walking with short, rapid steps across the garage floor, a movement likely directed by the operator's handheld VR controllers.
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Stability Under Pressure
Perhaps the most notable part of the demonstration is a stability test. While the robot is being controlled, a second person enters the frame and gives the K-Bot a light kick to its leg. The robot stumbles slightly but quickly adjusts its footing and maintains its balance without falling, indicating a robust underlying control system.
This combination of fluid, real-time control and dynamic stability is a crucial step for any humanoid platform. Effective teleoperation is not just a compelling demo; it's a key technology for collecting the data needed to train more autonomous AI models and enables direct human-in-the-loop control for complex tasks.
The demonstration quickly drew attention online. Tech commentator Robert Scoble replied to the post, stating, “It is awesome watching your progress!” Another user, responding to the robot's fluid movements, asked about the technical specifications, commenting, “So smooth what’s the teleop latency?”
From Garage to Developer Hands
The progress shown in the video is particularly relevant as K-Scale Labs has recently begun shipping the first units of its K-Bot Founder’s Edition. The startup, which champions an open-source approach to both hardware and software, aims to foster a community of developers to accelerate the advancement of general-purpose robots.
While this demonstration is still within a controlled lab environment, it provides a promising glimpse into the capabilities that developers will soon have access to. For K-Scale, proving the hardware and software can perform these foundational tasks—walking, balancing, and being intuitively controlled by a human—is a critical step toward their goal of creating an accessible, capable, and collaborative robotics platform.