Booster Robotics K1

2025-10-21 · Publisher : Booster Robotics · Domain : Robotics

Booster Robotics launches the K1, a 95 cm humanoid priced at $4,999 for education and research. It is the platform of the team that won the RoboCup 2025 KidSize league.

### What changes On October 21, 2025, Beijing startup Booster Robotics introduced the K1, a small humanoid it describes as an "entry-level" embodied-intelligence development platform. It targets education, research and trade shows. Booster was already known for the T1, a larger research humanoid. ### Specifications | Item | Announced value | |---|---| | Height | 95 cm | | Weight | 19.5 kg | | Degrees of freedom | 22 (6-DoF legs, 4-DoF arms) | | Compute | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8 GB (117 TOPS) | | Runtime | about 40 minutes of active use | | Price | $4,999 | The robot is ROS 2 compatible and ships with simulation models for Isaac Sim. ### Why it matters The K1 was the platform of the German team Boosted HTWK, winner of the RoboCup 2025 KidSize league in Brazil; the runner-up used the same robot. That track record gives credibility to a product priced like a high-end computer. ### Key takeaways Together with Noetix's Bumi, announced the same month, the K1 marks the arrival of humanoids below $5,000. These robots do not work in factories, but they greatly widen the pool of students and researchers who can program a real humanoid.

Tags : Humanoïde, Chine, Éducation, Recherche, Compétition