Booster Robotics · research humanoid
T1
A 1.18 m, 30 kg soccer-capable humanoid with Jetson AGX Orin compute, built for research and RoboCup. Launch month not confirmed.
- Price
- $44,700Cheaper than 32%
- Height
- 118 cmTaller than 11%
- Weight
- 30 kgHeavier than 13%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 2 hRuns longer than 15%
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Why it matters
Official AdultSize platform for RoboCup; a T1 team won the 2025 AdultSize world title.
Real-world use
Used by RoboCup teams and university labs.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2024
- Released
- 2024
Maker
Booster RoboticsCompany · founded 2023 · Beijing, ChinaSeries A about 500 million yuan (mid-2025); Series A+ over 100 million yuan (Jul 2025, Beijing robot and AI funds); nearly 1 billion yuan round…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
T1 is taller than 11% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
T1 is heavier than 13% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
T1 has more joints than 22% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
T1 runs longer than 15% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
T1 costs less than 32% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload.
What it has been shown doing
2 of 14 skills we track, each from a public video or report. Demos can be staged or remote-controlled; we say so when the source does.
- Gets up after a fallBooster's own post: T1 stands back up in about 1 second after being pushed down · Feb 2025 · x.com
- Jump & acrobaticskicked down, gets up and fires a high kick in Booster's stress-test video · May 2025 · x.com
Not shown yet:SortAssembleFoldKitchenToolsFineStairsTerrainRunCarryOn siteAutonomous
Public attention
How much public attention T1 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 4 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 23 joints
- Chip
- Jetson AGX Orin (NVIDIA)Jetson AGX Orin (200 TOPS) plus a 14-core CPU; a dual-board upgrade is offered.
- Actuators & motors
- 23 DoF standard, 31 with grippers, 41 with dexterous hands; max knee torque 130 Nm; dual joint encoders.
- Hands
- Optional EG2-4C2 gripper (0-20 N) or RH56DFX hand (6 DoF, 12 joints, 17+ tactile sensors).
- Sensors & vision
- Depth camera, 9-axis IMU, microphone array, speaker.
- Compute
- NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin (200 TOPS) plus 14-core CPU; dual-board upgrade offered.
- Battery & power
- 10.5 Ah; about 2 h walking, 4 h standing; spare packs sold.
- AI & software
- Open API and SDK on GitHub, ROS 2 support, simulation in Isaac Sim, MuJoCo and Webots.
- Other details
- Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, Ethernet, optional 5G; RoboCup MSRP $44,700 with 3-year warranty.
Named suppliers:NVIDIAROS (Open Robotics)IntelInspire Robots
Lineage
Every Booster Robotics humanoid in order.
Watch T1
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $44,700$44,700 MSRP on the RoboCup program page ($20,400 RoboCup team price); other reports give $30,000-50,000.
- How to get one
- Maker's website
- Where it is sold or used
- Sold worldwide through Booster and resellers (e.g. Europe).
- Customers and pilots
- RoboCup teams via the federation's robot program; Tsinghua's team won the 2025 AdultSize division (Caixin).
News
The latest 4, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Booster robots used by 38 of 59 RoboCup 2026 teams
Booster says its robots took all RoboCup 2026 championship titles.
Booster Robotics - Booster raises nearly 1 billion yuan
Q1 2026 shipments rose 500% year on year; K1 passed 1,000 units in 20+ countries (company).
Gasgoo - Booster T1 to go on sale in Japan via Switch Science
Switch Science plans to sell the ROS 2-based Booster T1 in Japan for a price in the mid-¥2 million range, according to a report from iREX 2025.
MONOist (ITmedia) - Booster closes Series A+ round
Beijing robot and AI industry funds invested over 100 million yuan.
Caixin Global
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | T1Booster Robotics |  PM01EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics)Same job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useLumiLightberrySame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |  SproutFauna RoboticsSame job: entertainment · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2024 | 2024-12 | 2026-08-29 | 2026-01-27 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 118 cm | 138 cm | 130 cm | 107 cm |
| Weight | 30 kg | 40 kg | 40 kg | 22.7 kg |
| Joints | 23 | 24 | 34 | 29 |
| Speed | — | 7.2 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | 2 h | — | 3.5 h | — |
| Price | $44,700 | $26,500 | $39,990 | $50,000 |
Sources
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