# Booster T1 at Salvador: deployment

Canonical ID: `bd62a23e-ad1b-4b69-9340-f8d03ce01b07`

Tsinghua University's Hephaestus team deployed Booster T1 humanoid robots to win first place in the AdultSize category at RoboCup 2025, held in Salvador, Brazil, July 17-21, 2025. This was the first time in the 28-year history of RoboCup's Humanoid League AdultSize competition that a Chinese team claimed the top honor.

The Hephaestus team dominated the tournament, recording clean-sheet victories of 16:0, 9:0, and 12:0 over international opponents including the UT Austin Villa team from the United States. In the final, Tsinghua defeated China Agricultural University's Mountain & Sea team (also using Booster T1) 5:3.

Booster T1 is a 118 cm bipedal humanoid robot by Booster Robotics (Beijing), featuring 23 force-controlled joints and 200 TOPS AI processing via an NVIDIA Orin module. The T1 has become the preferred platform for RoboCup AdultSize competition globally, with 50+ research teams adopting it. The RoboCup victory contributed to Booster Robotics' announcement of the K1, a competition-focused lower-cost variant.

RoboCup 2025 drew over 250 teams from 37 countries and up to 150,000 spectators to Salvador.

## Key facts

- **Event:** RoboCup 2025 Humanoid League AdultSize Soccer, Salvador, Brazil, Jul 17-21 2025
- **Result:** 1st place (Champion), Tsinghua Hephaestus team
- **Historic first:** First Chinese team to win RoboCup Humanoid AdultSize in 28-year tournament history
- **Final score:** Tsinghua Hephaestus 5:3 vs China Agricultural University Mountain & Sea
- **Tournament record:** Victories of 16:0, 9:0, and 12:0 in group stage
- **Platform:** Booster T1 (118 cm, 23 DOF, NVIDIA Orin, 200 TOPS)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-12_

- **Slug:** booster-t1-tsinghua-robocup-2025
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Booster T1](/models/booster-t1.md) (id: `06b14ae2-2631-460a-860e-ea3c0e76865c`)
- **Company:** [Booster Robotics](/companies/booster-robotics.md) (id: `7897d0cd-c92e-497f-98d5-523e0306ff06`)
- **Location:** [Salvador](/locations/brazil/salvador-brazil.md) (id: `e2722990-cb14-4327-b814-1abe97b6ad8e`)
- **Operator:** [Tsinghua University](/companies/tsinghua-university.md) (id: `f0a01a2a-800c-45c4-b379-6ebcf958380c`)
- **First seen:** 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (3)

1. **Chinese teams make historic breakthrough at RoboCup Humanoid League** · https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202507/1338913.shtml · 2025-07-24
2. **Chinese team wins RoboCup Humanoid League in AdultSize category** · https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/25/WS6882e633a310ad07b5d91f03.html · 2025-07-25
3. **Two Chinese teams sweep 1-2 in adult size at RoboCup Humanoid League** · https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-07-23/Two-Chinese-teams-sweep-1-2-in-adult-size-at-Robo-Cup-Humanoid-League-1FeWW0KezmM/p.html · 2025-07-23

## Common questions

### What is the Booster T1 deployment at Salvador?

Booster T1, built by Booster Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Salvador on the DEPLOY registry. Tsinghua University operates the deployment.

### Who operates Booster T1 at Salvador?

Tsinghua University operates this deployment as a customer of Booster Robotics, the manufacturer of Booster T1.

### When did the Booster T1 deployment at Salvador go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting July 17, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Booster T1 deployment at Salvador?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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