Technology Snapshot
A concise view of platform maturity and deployment footprint.
Hardware GenerationGen 1
Flagship PlatformT1
Deployments700
Booster Robotics
PrivateBeijing based humanoid robot developer founded in 2023, building the T1 and K1 bipedal platforms for research, education, and competition. Powered by NVIDIA Orin compute with open SDK. Booster equipped teams swept the 2025 RoboCup championships.
Founded 2023$27M raised
Humanoid Robots
2 Humanoid RobotsIntroduction
Booster Robotics is a Beijing-based humanoid startup founded in 2023 by Tsinghua University alumni, building affordable competition-proven humanoid platforms. With 700+ units shipped to 200+ clients across 20 countries, Booster-powered teams swept RoboCup 2025, winning both AdultSize and KidSize championships.
Technology
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AI Stack
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- NVIDIA Isaac
T1 Specs
Published operating specifications for the lead system.
Battery Life2 hours
Speed6 km/h
Degrees of Freedom41
Investors
October 30, 2025Company MilestoneCorporate
Booster reaches global scale in research and education deploymentsOver 700 units shipped globally to 70+ universities across 20+ countries, positioning Booster as the leading platform in humanoid research and education.
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Management Team
Company Story
Booster Robotics is a Beijing-based humanoid startup founded in 2023 by Tsinghua University alumni, building affordable competition-proven humanoid platforms. With 700+ units shipped to 200+ clients across 20 countries, Booster-powered teams swept RoboCup 2025, winning both AdultSize and KidSize championships.
- June 20, 2023
Booster Robotics forms around research and competition humanoids
Booster was founded in August 2023 by Cheng Hao, a former ByteDance and Amazon engineer, assembling a team from Tsinghua's Robot Control Lab and Hephaestus RoboCup team.
BeijingTsinghua alumni - May 2024 - June 2025
Seed and Series A financing scale the platform business
Funding included seed rounds in May and September 2024, a $13.9 million Series A in June 2025, and additional rounds bringing total to ~$28 million from Source Code Capital, IDG Capital, and Shenzhen Capital Group.
Series ASource Code Capital - July 20, 2025
Booster-powered teams sweep the AdultSize and KidSize championships
Booster offers K1 ($12,500, 95cm, for education) and T1 ($33,949, 118cm, for professional research). At RoboCup 2025 in Brazil, Booster-powered teams won both AdultSize and KidSize championships.
RoboCupK1T1 - October 30, 2025
Booster reaches global scale in research and education deployments
Over 700 units shipped globally to 70+ universities across 20+ countries, positioning Booster as the leading platform in humanoid research and education.
700+ units70+ universities