Industrial Applications
Editorial: Maker explicitly names K1 Air as the 2026 RoboCup Small-division platform. Exact hardware, retail identity and photographs have not been established; ordinary K1 specifications are not transferred. No independently accepted manufacturing process, continuous production uptime or safe unsupervised collaboration established.
This editorial assessment concerns industrial buyer readiness. It is not an independent performance test.
| EU regulatory fit | Unknown |
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| Cybersecurity fit | Unknown |
| Serviceability fit | Unknown |
| Supply chain fit | Unknown |
Manipulation and Perception
Named competition body; exact arms, hands, joint count, payload, dimensions and relation to ordinary K1 not established.
Exact K1 Air compute, sensors, network interfaces and runtime environment unverified.
SDK and Integration
Current SDK list names K1, T1 and T2, not an explicit K1 Air hardware compatibility matrix. No automatic transfer of ordinary K1 API, model asset, firmware or licence scope.
| API type | Exact K1 Air API compatibility unverified |
|---|---|
| Languages | Needs verification |
| ROS support | Unverified for this competition body |
| Simulation | No exact K1 Air model asset or task verified |
| Offline operation | Exact local-control, activation, speech and cloud dependency scope not verified for this body. |
| Teleoperation | Needs verification |
| Software updates | Exact firmware/update path unverified |
| Documentation | Open documentation |
| Integration constraints | Exact historical/competition API, delivered licences and firmware compatibility unverified. Later ordinary K1/T1/T2 examples do not establish support for this body. Product data/cloud terms also unverified. |
Safety Notes
No exact historical/competition-body safety manual, stop behaviour or control-mode compatibility verified. Later retail PREP/DAMP/upgrade instructions are not assumed applicable. Demonstrated motion is not independent collision, fall-envelope, SIL/PL or collaborative-operation validation.
Compliance and Certificates
| Standard | Status | Jurisdiction | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| CE marking | Unknown | European Union | No signed exact-configuration declaration, applicable test dossier or EU economic-operator details inspected. |
Commercial Readiness
| Pricing | No current exact manufacturer checkout price verified. Current store route is an inquiry form; request a dated configuration and tax/freight quote. |
|---|---|
| Price range | Quote-based or unverified |
| Lead time | Needs verification |
| Availability regions | Named historical/competition platform; current retail and regional support unverified |
| Spare parts | No exact historical/competition-body spare inventory, warranty, battery freight or repair commitment verified. |
| Warranty | Exact K1 Air manufacturer warranty and programme eligibility unverified; ordinary K1 and RoboCup package terms not automatically transferred. |
| Configuration and pricing basis | Configuration and territory quote required |
| Distributors and service | Funduino in Nordhorn lists configurations on order; Bipedal lists T1-G currently unavailable; Robot Distribution in France advertises repair, parts and training. Sapienta in Italy quotes T2. These are seller claims, with no inspected manufacturer EU branch, authorised appointment, local inventory or service-response SLA. |
Specifications
| Height | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Weight | Unknown |
| Payload | Unknown |
| Runtime | Unknown |
| Battery and runtime conditions | Exact K1 Air battery, mass and runtime unverified. Small-division qualification PDF inspected describes NAO-like 58 cm / 5.5 kg / 25-axis Atom hardware without K1 Air identification; those numbers and its photo are excluded. |
| Degrees of freedom | Unknown |
| Max speed | Unknown |
Sources and Further Reading
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Booster company identity, funding and product history ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Current bilingual history inspected. Founded June 2023; founder and CEO Cheng Hao (程昊), Tsinghua robotics background. Chinese legal name 北京加速进化科技有限公司. BR002 unveiled April 24, 2024; T1 appeared August 2024; K1 commercial launch October 24, 2025; T2 launch July 10, 2026. K1 Air explicitly named in 2026 RoboCup Small division. December 2025 first positive MONTHLY operating cash flow is not annual profit. English and Chinese financing currencies/round scope differ; no invented conversion or duplicate financing. K1 was used in July 2025 competition before its October 24 formal commercial launch.
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Dated official product and ecosystem news index ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Official index dates T2 July 10, 2026, Booster Studio June 30 and K1 Explorer September 17. Explorer full WeChat article was inaccessible; exact Explorer-to-current-Geek mapping not established. August 22 T2 stage event involving 80 robots is a demonstration, not manufacturing acceptance.