In the present paper, we study a new type of Bernstein operators depending on the parameter $\lambda\in[-1,1]$ . The Kantorovich modification of these sequences of linear positive operators will be considered. A quantitative Voronovskaja type theorem by means of Ditzian–Totik modulus of smoothness is proved. Also, a Grüss–Voronovskaja type theorem for λ-Kantorovich operators is provided. Some numerical examples which show the relevance of the results are given.

Several papers, mainly written by J. de la Call and co-authors, contain modifications of classical sequences of positive linear operators to obtain new sequences converging to limits which are not necessarily the identity operator. Such results were obtained using probabilistic methods. Recently, results of this type have been obtained with analytic methods. Semi-exponential operators have also been introduced, extending the theory of exponential operators. We combine these two approaches, applying the semi-exponential operators in a new context and enlarging the list of operators representable as limits of other operators.