HTWK Team, Germany (RoboCup KidSize 2025 Champion)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇨🇳 Booster K1
Booster Robotics · China · unveiled 2025
commercial
task-autonomous
electric
data confidence: high
Watch changes · Evidence history · Cited research export · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%97.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%1.2
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%0.0
Hardware & Engineering · 15%46.5
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%100.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%0.0
Each pillar is scored 0–100 from published specs, then weighted into the HMX. Compare it only with other humanoid robots — each category uses its own reference scales. See the full methodology →
Notable
Compact 95cm humanoid with 22 DoF, launched Oct 2025; over 1,000 units shipped across 20+ countries; RoboCup KidSize 2025 champion.
Deployment evidence
Legacy mentions are unverified. A partnership or announcement is not proof of an active deployment. Evidence labels do not change HMX v2 scoring.
Tsinghua University (TH-MOS Team)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
2025 World Humanoid Robotics Games Federation lead performer
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
400+ schools and academic clients under 'Hundred Cities, Ten Thousand Schools' initiative
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
Specifications
Evidence is attached to each value. Robot-wide source links do not verify every field. A source about an older value cannot support the current specification.
Height
95.0 cm
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Weight
19.5 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Payload
1.0 kg
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Travel speed
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Runtime
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Battery
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Total DoF
22 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Hand DoF per hand
0 DoF
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Dexterous hands
No
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Actuation
electric
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Form factor
bipedal
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Onboard compute
Qualcomm Dragonwing (48 TOPS) / NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB (117 TOPS) / NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 32GB (200 TOPS)
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
AI model
Doubao LLM, Booster GYM 2.0, ROS 2, Isaac Sim
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Autonomy
task-autonomous
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Product status
commercial
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Indicative price
5999.0 USD
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Funding
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Company valuation
Undisclosed
unverified · 0 evidence records
Declared shared origins are grouped. Distinct domains and unclassified origins do not establish independent evidence.
No field-specific evidence recorded. This value is unverified at field level.
Booster K1 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with SoftBank Robotics / Aldebaran NAO →Booster K1 is a humanoid robot from Booster in China, and it is commercially available. It scores 46.5 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 88th of 156.
On the leaderboard it sits between SoftBank Robotics / Aldebaran NAO (HMX 46.7) and Diligent Moxi (HMX 46.5).
Against the 156 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is commercial readiness & deployment (100.0 against a median of 67.0) and its clearest weakness is manipulation & dexterity (1.2 against 41.3).
By the published specifications, it carries less payload than 98% of the 97 other humanoid robots publishing a payload (1 kg), is lighter than 96% of the 115 other humanoid robots publishing a weight (19.5 kg) and is shorter than 95% of the 123 other humanoid robots publishing a height (95 cm).
Its published price of $5,999 is below 87% of the 55 other humanoid robots with a public price.
On autonomy, it has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. 4 deployment claims are on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a high-confidence grade from 2 cited sources, as of 2026-08.
Task evidence
Task capability is not inferred from hardware specifications or general autonomy labels. Find robots for a task →
No task-specific evidence recorded. Capability remains unknown.
Sources · robot-level references, as of 2026-08
- https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGW-rK59sRM3kcmVXnAAYlbj3-NtM7_FaD6yfk8Hbv9-iAe5u4FeVng5gscq7TFyvJgcoVL6XtEY0LiTeJyNM_Rg0IQjEFga4ixyongRmG13qTEsxRnaPfQsGUjhozKTAGnTA4aNNoCvivUzEFAHmUqqAI-Vnkbe6h_y0SLkdVVvt_7DCzZMGNY69cJxDi_HmJxA6CiGrjm4qBpvn_HtHSM9h0v6g1_I_fGAvDy6h15Zlo4k8YAUSMn1Lo6jj0pPcQmWqE=
- https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHExZuuLdapYKwvEYWSrlKrkSs2SjBGzhC4awoSHjlVacwd8iR-mwcd7ZhZFEnPZ7xLUaoxUvF3LRrBkwMdkHsW7DZ31JhrLsdLElO9BIitOJP1uC1iQBVmn2WoybCrnp4BW2rZ
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Booster K1
How much does the Booster K1 cost?
The Booster K1 has a published price of $5,999.
What are the Booster K1's specs?
Published specifications: payload 1 kg, degrees of freedom 22, degrees of freedom per hand 0, height 95 cm, weight 19.5 kg. Not published: speed and runtime.
Is the Booster K1 autonomous?
The Booster K1 has demonstrated completing tasks on its own. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Booster K1 compare to the SoftBank Robotics / Aldebaran NAO?
On the HMX, the Booster K1 scores 46.5 and the SoftBank Robotics / Aldebaran NAO 46.7. The Booster K1 leads on autonomy & intelligence; the SoftBank Robotics / Aldebaran NAO leads on manipulation & dexterity, mobility & locomotion, hardware & engineering and ecosystem & viability.
Who makes the Booster K1?
The Booster K1 is made by Booster, in China.
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Change history · 1 applied update
- New model New model: Booster K1 (Booster Robotics) 2026-08-23T01:04:42+00:00 · by agent-bulk