The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Booster Robotics: 2 models, 2 deployments across 1 region. 8 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
Booster Robotics is a Humanoid robot company developing general-purpose humanoid robots. Products include B1 and T1 humanoid platforms. Focuses on AI-powered locomotion, manipulation, and autonomous operation for industrial and service applications.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founded
HQ
Robots
Distinction
CEO
Product
Competition
Products
Focus
Data & sources
Press releases
2
Web sources
6
8 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Booster T2
Booster T2 is a flagship humanoid platform by Booster Robotics (Beijing, China). Built around 2070 TFLOPS of AI compute on NVIDIA Thor, with up to 75 DoF, 140 Nm peak joint torque, 10 kg dual-arm payload, 1.4 m height, and 2+ hours walking endurance. Features Booster Studio, open APIs, simulation, and Sim-to-Real workflows for developer deployment. Successor to Booster T1 (RoboCup champion, 50+ teams worldwide).
Current platform
Booster T1
Booster Robotics' bipedal humanoid platform with motion-control SDK, aimed at research, education, and robot-sports (used widely in autonomous robot-soccer). A K1 platform is also offered. Developer/research-oriented rather than industrial-production.
Partnerships
Every company Booster Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Axis Robotics1× joint2 total
Most recent
Booster Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Jul 2025. Explore where Booster Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Booster Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Booster Robotics, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
Can I buy a humanoid robot in 2026?
What is the best humanoid robot to buy in 2026?
Who are the leading humanoid robot makers?
What is the Booster T1?
How much does the Booster T1 cost?
Current leadership (1)
- Cheng Hao Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Cheng Haocofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Booster Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Booster Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
Booster Robotics in third-party press
Peers
101 peers across 1 segment. Every Booster Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(101)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Supplied by (1)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia Booster T1NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32GB -- primary AI compute module in Booster T1 humanoid; delivers 200 TOPS for real-time reinforcement learning inference, imitation learning, and teleoperation; paired with Intel Core i7 1370p for system controlsuppliesclaimed
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Booster Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Axis Robotics1× joint2 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2024-01-01
Timeline
Every recorded move in Booster Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2024-01-01Series A
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Booster T1 humanoid developer platform
- Record createdMay 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 17, 2025
Booster T1 at Salvador
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJul 17, 2025
Booster T1 at Salvador
Sources (8)
- Interesting Engineering: Booster K1/T1 at CES 2026 · https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026 · 2026-01-07
- https://www.booster.tech/about-us/
- https://www.booster.tech/booster-k1/
- https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-07-25/chinas-booster-robotics-lands-new-funding-as-it-hits-a-winning-streak-102344904.html
- https://www.nbcnews.com/world/china/bumbling-game-robot-soccer-was-breakthrough-embodied-ai-rcna215780
- https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/02/china/china-humanoid-robot-sports-intl-hnk-dst
- https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/booster-robotics-launches-k1-robocup-champion-platform
- https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0818/c90000-20353835.html
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 8 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-22
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-22
Sources by quality tier
- 6
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Booster Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Booster Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Welcome, Booster T2!
Booster T2 is a bipedal humanoid built as Booster Robotics flagship embodied AI platform for developers, universities, and research teams that need a capable machine for real…
Booster Robotics Unveils Booster T2, Its Flagship Humanoid Platform for Embodied AI Development
Booster Robotics unveiled its Booster T2 flagship humanoid platform for embodied AI development on July 13, 2026.
Booster Robotics' Humanoid Robots Claim All Championship Titles at RoboCup 2026 - Yahoo Finance
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RoboCup 2026 - A Breakthrough For Soccer Robots - i-programmer.info
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Chinese humanoids dominate RoboCup as Tsinghua repeats, Korea weighs response - CHOSUNBIZ - Chosunbiz
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Video: China wins RoboCup 2026 as humanoid AI soccer reaches new heights - Interesting Engineering
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Chinese team defends RoboCup 2026 title as embodied AI in sports draws global attention - Global Times
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This football robot’s penalties are shocking experts—is it unstoppable now? - Futura, le média qui explore le monde
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Robot soccer player dents wall with terrifying kicks - Fox News
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Humanoid robots enter mass market - China Daily
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This Humanoid Robot Kicks Hard Enough to Crack a Wall - Interesting Engineering
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Pitch perfect? Humanoid robots train to take on future World Cup champions - Institution of Mechanical Engineers - IMechE
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/booster-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/booster-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7897d0cd-c92e-497f-98d5-523e0306ff06
- Revision history: /companies/booster-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Video
Our Booster Robotics T1 has finally arrived! This open source humanoid robot gives you the capability of much more expensive robots (like Unitree G1 edu) at a f
The K1 humanoid robot has finally arrived! Together we’ll unbox it, set it up, explore the companion app, and test out all of its features—including a little so
Experience the future of robotics with Booster T1, the versatile humanoid robot designed for developers and researchers. Watch as it demonstrates complex moveme
Booster Robotics has officially introduced the new Booster T2, a next generation humanoid robot built with an incredible 2070 TFLOPS of onboard computing power.
With powerful computing and champion agility (Yes, it won RoboCup 2025!), it's ready for your projects in education, research, and exhibition.
While humans prepare for the World Cup, robots are training for theirs too! Look for RoboCup!
Booster T2 is now available. Smart. Powerful. Built to Perform. As a new flagship embodied development platform, Booster T2 delivers up to 2070 TFLOPS of comp
The future of humanoid robotics just got smaller, smarter, and more powerful. Meet the Booster K1 — a cutting-edge compact humanoid robot designed for researche
Booster Robotics' flagship humanoid robot is growing up. The three-year-old Chinese startup just launched the Booster T2, a larger and more capable successor t
Booster Robotics frames its humanoids as a developer-first platform for education and research, and this interview leans into the “let people build on it” idea
Booster Robotics, a RoboCup League Partner, is helping push humanoid soccer to the next level. With Booster Humanoid Soccer Robot’s lightning-fast and explosiv
Reality vs attention
Booster Robotics draws attention at the 85th percentile but verifies reality at the 52nd percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap +33.6, 20th widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Funding runway warrants monitoring: last known round 32 months ago.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 24, 2026