Booster T1 is a small, developer-focused humanoid robot from Beijing-based Booster Robotics, built for research, education, and humanoid-soccer competition rather than commercial labor; it is commercially available now, with European distributor pricing starting from €39,000 including tax. The T1 gained visibility as the robot used by Tsinghua University's Hephaestus team to win the RoboCup 2025 AdultSize soccer championship in Brazil — the first time a Chinese team took that title.
What it is
T1 is a compact bipedal research and competition robot, sized well below full human height, designed to give robotics teams a ready-to-run hardware and software platform for locomotion research, reinforcement-learning experiments, and humanoid sports like soccer and martial-arts-style movement demos.
Manufacturer & origin
T1 is made by Booster Robotics, a Chinese robotics company founded in 2023 and headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by CEO Cheng Hao, a Tsinghua University graduate whose core team also came out of Tsinghua's Robot Control Lab and its Hephaestus RoboCup team. Booster Robotics markets T1 to more than 50 robotics teams and research institutes worldwide.
Build type & design
T1 is a bipedal humanoid measuring 118 × 47 × 23 cm with a 57 cm leg length and 45 cm arm length, weighing about 30 kg. It's available in three configurations: a standard 23-degrees-of-freedom version, a 31-DoF version with grippers, and a 41-DoF version with dexterous hands, each joint driven by actuators rated up to 130 N·m of peak torque with dual encoders for precision control.
Core specs
- Dimensions: 118 × 47 × 23 cm; Weight: ~30 kg
- Degrees of freedom: 23 (standard) / 31 (grippers) / 41 (dexterous hands)
- Battery: 10.5 Ah, about 2 hours of runtime while walking or 4 hours while standing
- Compute: NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin (200 TOPS), with an optional Intel Core i7-1370P on higher configurations
- Sensors: 9-axis IMU, depth camera, 6-microphone circular array with speaker
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, optional 5G; full API and ROS2 support for development
What it's used for
T1 targets robotics research labs, universities, and competitive humanoid soccer teams — it was the platform behind Tsinghua's Hephaestus team RoboCup 2025 AdultSize championship win — rather than industrial or household deployment. Its open API, simulation tools, and ROS2 compatibility are aimed at developers building and testing locomotion and manipulation algorithms.
Availability & price
T1 is commercially available today through Booster Robotics and its distributors. European distributor Generation Robots lists the Standard configuration starting from €39,000 including tax, with delivery in about 4–6 weeks; pricing varies by region, configuration (grippers or dexterous hands add cost), and reseller, and Booster Robotics also sells directly via its own online store.