Booster K1
The Booster K1 is a compact bipedal humanoid robot developed by Booster Robotics, a Beijing-based startup founded in 2023 by alumni of Tsinghua University. Standing 95 cm tall and weighing 19.5 kg with 22 degrees of freedom, it is designed as an accessible open platform for research and education. The K1 won both first and second place in the KidSize Humanoid League at RoboCup 2025, and is available in Geek, EDU, and Pro editions starting at approximately $4,999 USD.
Primary use case: Introductory embodied development platform for developers getting started with embodied AI/robotics
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