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Beijing maker of small and mid-size humanoid robots sold as developer, education and robot-football platforms, led by the K1 and T2.

Leader Cheng Hao, Founder and CEOBased in Beijing, ChinaShares privateGroup Humanoid makers · China · where most humanoids are shipped todaybooster.techits news page

Where it stands: 17 Jul 2026: more than 1,000 Booster K1 units shipped worldwide, to over 400 organizations in more than 20 countries. source

Raised nearly US$150 million in Apr 2026, led by Beijing High-Tech Industries Investment Fund, Jingguosheng Fund and Huakong Fund; no IPO filing found. source

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Latest10 Jul 2026HumanoidReleased

Booster T2

Booster's new flagship humanoid development platform, debuted at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in July 2026. A 1.4 m, 31-joint robot with 7-joint arms and a 3-joint waist, sold in Education and Professional tiers (the latter with NVIDIA Jetson Thor compute) for developers, universities and research labs building embodied-AI applications.

  • Height about 1.4 m
  • Weight about 42 kg
  • 31 degrees of freedom
  • Max dual-arm payload up to 10 kg
  • Walking speed 3 m/s
  • Battery 48 V 10 Ah, about 2 hours continuous walking
  • Actuator max peak torque 140 Nm
Source: Booster Robotics · more
24 Oct 2025HumanoidShipping

Booster K1

A kid-size, 95 cm humanoid sold as an entry-level embodied-AI development platform in Geek, Education and Professional tiers, plus a RoboCup champion edition. It is Booster's volume product, with more than 1,000 units shipped by April 2026; K1 and the lighter K1 Air won the Middle and Small divisions at RoboCup 2026.

  • Height about 95 cm
  • Weight about 19.5 kg
  • 22 degrees of freedom
  • Actuator max peak torque 60 N·m
  • Runtime 80 min (Education, Professional) or 30 min (Geek) walking at 0.4 m/s
Source: Booster Robotics · more · more
Aug 2024HumanoidShipping

Booster T1

Booster's first commercial humanoid, debuted at the World Robot Conference in August 2024 and shipping worldwide from January 2025. Built for research and robot football, it is the platform Tsinghua's Hephaestus team used to win the large-robot division at RoboCup 2026. The new T2 now sits above it as the company's flagship.

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Timeline · customers, money, people, products

  • 17 Jul 2026MoneyRaises nearly US$150 million led by Beijing High-Tech Industries Investment Fund, Jingguosheng Fund and Huakong Fund; IDG Capital and Source Code Capital add more. Booster Robotics blog
  • 17 Jul 2026CustomerMore than 1,000 Booster K1 units shipped worldwide, to over 400 organizations in more than 20 countries; Q1 2026 shipments up 500% year on year. Booster Robotics blog
  • 10 Jul 2026ProductBooster T2 flagship humanoid debuts at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC). Booster Robotics
  • 9 Jul 2026CustomerTeams using Booster robots win all three RoboCup 2026 humanoid football divisions; 38 of 59 teams used Booster machines. Booster Robotics press release (GlobeNewswire)
  • 30 Jun 2026ProductLaunches Booster Studio, a development environment to program, simulate and deploy robot behaviour before using hardware. Booster Robotics
  • 19 Apr 2026ProductA Booster humanoid finishes the Yizhuang robot half marathon (21.0975 km) in 1 hour 53 minutes in the small and mid-size category. Booster Robotics blog
  • 11 Jan 2026MoneyReports its first month of positive operating cash flow (December 2025) and says all K1 units on sale at CES 2026 sold out. Booster Robotics blog
  • 18 Nov 2025MoneySecures a further strategic funding round (amount undisclosed) as deliveries pass 700 humanoid robots to more than 200 customers. Booster Robotics blog
  • 24 Oct 2025ProductLaunches the K1 humanoid platform at its first Ecosystem Summit. Booster Robotics
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