RoboCup AdultSize champions (Tsinghua Hephaestus team, July 2025)
unknown · unverified
- No deployment-specific evidence recorded.
🇨🇳 Booster T1
Booster Robotics · China · unveiled 2024
commercial
research
electric
data confidence: high
Watch changes · Evidence history and cited research export (API access) · Plan a pilot
Score breakdown
Autonomy & Intelligence · 25%25.0
Manipulation & Dexterity · 20%13.3
Mobility & Locomotion · 15%39.3
Hardware & Engineering · 15%54.6
Commercial Readiness & Deployment · 15%100.0
Ecosystem & Viability · 10%13.9
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
Open research/education humanoid platform used by university teams for RL-driven locomotion and RoboCup soccer research.
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.
Purdue, CMU, UC Berkeley research labs
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
118.0 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
30.0 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.
Payload
5.0 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
0.97 m/s
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
2.0 h
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
23 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
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.
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
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin (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
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.
Autonomy
research
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
16000.0 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
139.0 USD million
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 T1 in context: rank, rivals and specs
Compare with Unitree H1-2 →Booster T1 is a humanoid robot from Booster in China, and it is commercially available. It scores 39.4 on the Humanoid Metric, ranking 117th of 169.
On the leaderboard it sits between Unitree H1-2 (HMX 39.9) and X-Humanoid Tiangong Omni (HMX 39.4).
Against the 169 humanoid robots ranked, its clearest strength is commercial readiness & deployment (100.0 against a median of 67.0) and its clearest weakness is autonomy & intelligence (25.0 against 70.0).
By the published specifications, it is shorter than 91% of the 138 other humanoid robots publishing a height (118 cm), is slower than 86% of the 64 other humanoid robots publishing a speed (0.97 m/s) and is lighter than 86% of the 125 other humanoid robots publishing a weight (30 kg).
Its published price of $16,000 is below 71% of the 62 other humanoid robots with a public price.
On autonomy, it has demonstrated autonomy only in research settings. 2 deployment claims are on record, none yet backed by a customer, the press or the vendor.
Its specifications carry a high-confidence grade from 3 cited sources, as of 2026-07.
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 2026-07
- https://www.booster.tech/about-us/
- https://www.humanoid-robots.io/robot/booster-t1-by-booster-robotics
- https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-07-25/chinas-booster-robotics-lands-new-funding-as-it-hits-a-winning-streak-102344904.html
Machine-readable: HIS Layer 0 manifest at /robot/booster-t1/manifest.json, with a free API key · what's this?
Frequently asked questions about the Booster T1
How much does the Booster T1 cost?
The Booster T1 has a published price of $16,000.
What are the Booster T1's specs?
Published specifications: payload 5 kg, speed 0.97 m/s, runtime 2 h, degrees of freedom 23, height 118 cm, weight 30 kg. Not published: degrees of freedom per hand.
Is the Booster T1 autonomous?
The Booster T1 has demonstrated autonomy only in research settings. The grade reflects demonstrations, not marketing claims.
How does the Booster T1 compare to the Unitree H1-2?
On the HMX, the Booster T1 scores 39.4 and the Unitree H1-2 39.9. The Booster T1 leads on manipulation & dexterity, mobility & locomotion, commercial readiness & deployment and ecosystem & viability; the Unitree H1-2 leads on autonomy & intelligence and hardware & engineering.
Who makes the Booster T1?
The Booster T1 is made by Booster, in China.
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Version 275 · 15 Sep 2026, 04:28 UTC · score then 39.4No field changed; the score was recalculated.Changed by a direct correction or a scoring update, not a research proposal.
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First recorded version · 6 Sep 2026, 05:24 UTC · score then 39.4The record as it stood when full copies began to be kept.