# Booster T1

Manufacturer: [Booster Robotics](/companies/booster-robotics)  
Category: humanoid

## Summary

The Booster T1, from China's Booster Robotics, is a research and developer humanoid prominent in the wave of Chinese humanoids shown at CES 2026. There is no verified consumer price or delivery date on record in DEPLOY's registry. DEPLOY classifies its maturity as research and applies verified-vs-claimed discipline: commercial-ramping marketing and demonstrations are common across this cohort, but third-party verified deployment is the bar, and it is not yet met here.

## Top line

> Booster T1 is announced, no delivery date, no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (announced-no-date): Announced, no delivery date.
- **Price honesty** (no-price): No price points on file for Booster T1.
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for Booster T1.
- **Real-world use** (research): Maturity: research. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

_No reviewed price points on file._

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for Booster T1._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Booster T1._

## Specs

- **focus**: research_sports_education
- **feature**: open_sdk
- **drive_mode**: bipedal

## What's under the hood

_No brain on file for Booster T1._

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the Booster T1 actually available for purchase?

Announced but not yet available.

_Source: [Interesting Engineering — Booster K1/T1 at CES 2026](https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026)._

### What does the Booster T1 cost?

Not announced.

### Where is the Booster T1 being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### Is the Booster T1 safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the Booster T1 handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Booster T1.

### Who makes the Booster T1?

Booster T1 is made by Booster Robotics, based in Beijing, China.

_Source: [Interesting Engineering — Booster K1/T1 at CES 2026](https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026)._

## Manufacturer

- [Booster Robotics (https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026)](https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026)

## Compared to

- [Walker S2](/consumer/models/ubtech-walker-s2)
- [PAL TALOS](/consumer/models/pal-talos)
- [AgiBot Yuanzheng A2](/consumer/models/agibot-yuanzheng-a2)

## Sources

1. [Humanoid.guide — Booster T1](https://humanoid.guide/product/booster-t1/) · 2025-06-17
2. [Interesting Engineering — Booster T1](https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/china-leads-humanoid-robotics-at-ces-2026) · 2026-01-07
3. [Booster Robotics (official) - Booster T1 lightweight bipedal humanoid (developer/research; RoBoLeague platform; IEEE-RAS Humanoids 2024 wins)](https://www.booster.tech/)
4. [Booster Robotics about page (founding, Tsinghua roots)](https://www.booster.tech/about-us/)
5. [Booster K1 humanoid (official product page)](https://www.booster.tech/booster-k1/)
6. [Booster Robotics lands new funding (over 100M yuan) amid RoboCup winning streak (July 25, 2025)](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-07-25/chinas-booster-robotics-lands-new-funding-as-it-hits-a-winning-streak-102344904.html)
7. [Robot soccer (Booster T1) as a breakthrough for embodied AI (2025)](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/china/bumbling-game-robot-soccer-was-breakthrough-embodied-ai-rcna215780)
8. [China's humanoid robot-sports craze (Booster featured) (Jan 2, 2026)](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/02/china/china-humanoid-robot-sports-intl-hnk-dst)
9. [Booster Robotics launches K1 RoboCup champion platform (about $5,000) (Oct 2025)](https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/news/booster-robotics-launches-k1-robocup-champion-platform)
10. [World Humanoid Robot Games: Booster T1 soccer (Aug 18, 2025)](https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/0818/c90000-20353835.html)

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/models/booster-t1_