K-Scale K-Bot vs Noetix N2

K-Scale K-Bot was an open-source humanoid robot from K-Scale Labs (Palo Alto) with reported specs of 1.4 m height, 34 kg weight, 10 kg payload, 4-hour battery life, modular compute, swappable end effectors, and a starting price of $10,999. It targeted developers with an open-source RL library and sim2real pipeline. The company shipped a small number of Founder's Edition units and demonstrated low-latency teleoperation, but canceled all pre-orders and refunded deposits in November 2025 after failing to raise funding, then open-sourced hardware (CERN-OHL-S-2.0) and software (MIT). No autonomous operation, DoF, walking speed, or independent benchmarks were found

Noetix N2 is a small Chinese bipedal humanoid (1.2-1.3 m, 20-30 kg, 18 DoF) from Noetix Robotics, known for continuous backflips, running, and low price. Strongest evidence is dynamic mobility demos including backflips and an abuse recovery video, plus reported pre-orders of over 2,500 units and a second-place finish in a humanoid half marathon. However, there is no evidence of manipulation, no autonomous task execution disclosure, no named customers, and specs/price are highly conflicting