Robot model
Booster T1
Booster Robotics' bipedal humanoid platform with motion-control SDK, aimed at research, education, and robot-sports (used widely in autonomous robot-soccer).
- Manufacturer
- Booster Robotics
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity
- research
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- research(Lab-stage only; no commercial or public deployment reported.)
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Sources on file
- 3 sources, view all
Key facts
Form factor
humanoid
Drive type
bipedal
Feature
open SDK
Focus
research, sports, education
Specs
Focus
research_sports_education
Feature
open_sdk
Drive mode
bipedal
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
2
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Announced, no date
- Price
- Not publicly disclosed
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
One-time purchase
No price on record (not announced)
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Deployments (2)
- Booster T1 at Salvadoroperational
Operated by China Agricultural University
China Agricultural University (CAU)'s Mountain & Sea (山海) team deployed Booster T1 humanoid robots to reach the final of the AdultSize category at RoboCup 2025, Salvador, Brazil, July 17-21, 2025, finishing as runner-up…
- Booster T1 at Salvadoroperational
Operated by Tsinghua University
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.
Recent activity
- CreatedMay 25, 2026
Manufacturer-attributed media (1)
Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.
Booster Robotics' presentation of the Booster T1 as a developer humanoid platform (a RoboCup-style soccer solution). The motions are reinforcement-learning or scripted demonstrations, not general autonomy.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Booster T1.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (3)
- Humanoid.guide: Booster T1 · https://humanoid.guide/product/booster-t1/ · 2025-06-17
- Interesting Engineering: Booster T1 · https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026 · 2026-01-07
- https://www.booster.tech/
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Common questions
- What is 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.
- How much does Booster T1 cost?
- Booster T1's price has not been officially announced. DEPLOY has no verified consumer price for Booster T1 on record; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is Booster T1 actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Booster T1 is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Booster T1?
- Booster T1 is made by Booster Robotics, based in Beijing, China, founded in 2023.
- Where is Booster T1 deployed?
- 2 verified deployments of Booster T1 are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Salvador.
- What are alternatives to Booster T1?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable humanoid robots to Booster T1 include Digit, Walker S2, Apollo, Unitree H2 Plus.
- How does Booster T1 compare to Digit?
- Booster T1 and Digit (Agility Robotics · 8 deployments) are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. Booster T1 has 2 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Booster T1 a top humanoid?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Booster T1 ranks in roughly the top 32% of humanoid models tracked by the registry.
- What is Booster T1's maturity stage?
- Booster T1 is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.
- Is Booster T1 safe?
- Booster T1 has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: research
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: humanoid
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Booster T1.Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/booster-t1.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/06b14ae2-2631-460a-860e-ea3c0e76865c
- Revision history: /models/booster-t1/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/booster-t1
Video
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
38.6/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
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: Jul 9, 2026
Intelligence layer