What is the Booster T1?
The Booster T1 is a bipedal humanoid robot from Booster Robotics, a Beijing company founded in 2023. It is a developer and research platform with an open motion-control SDK, used widely in autonomous robot-soccer competitions like RoboCup, rather than an industrial or consumer product.
Key facts
- Form factor
- humanoid
- Maturity
- research
- Verified deployments
- 2
- Maker
- Booster Robotics
- focus
- research_sports_education
- feature
- open_sdk
- drive mode
- bipedal
What it is
The Booster T1 is a bipedal humanoid robot made by Booster Robotics, based in Beijing, China, and founded in 2023. It is aimed at researchers, universities, and developers rather than factories or homes.
What it is for
The T1's defining trait is that it is a platform, not a finished application. It ships with a motion-control SDK that developers use to program their own behaviors, and it has become a common entry in autonomous robot-soccer, including RoboCup. DEPLOY records T1 deployments with university teams (including CAU and Tsinghua) at RoboCup 2025 in Salvador, Brazil. Booster also offers a K1 platform.
How to read its maturity
On the registry, the Booster T1 is at the research stage: active development and competition use, but no verified commercial or industrial deployment. It drew attention in the wave of Chinese humanoids at CES 2026. That visibility is real, but under DEPLOY's bar, showcase presence is not the same as a verified production deployment.
For pricing, see How much does the Booster T1 cost?.
Frequently asked
Who makes the Booster T1?
Booster Robotics, a humanoid startup based in Beijing, China, founded in 2023.
What is the Booster T1 used for?
Research, education, and robot-sports. It is a developer platform with an open motion-control SDK, used widely in autonomous robot-soccer such as RoboCup.
Is the Booster T1 a commercial product?
Not yet. DEPLOY records it at the research stage, with competition and developer use but no verified commercial or industrial deployment.
Where it is deployed
2 verified deployments on the registry for the Booster T1. Click any marker to open its primary-source record.
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