Booster K1 (current family): Specs and Evidence

Industrial Applications

Editorial: Compact 22-axis body for locomotion, education and soccer development, with four-axis arms and no verified handling payload. Compute, pack endurance and warranty differ materially by edition. 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
Cybersecurity fit	Unknown
Serviceability fit	Unknown
Supply chain fit	Unknown

Manipulation and Perception

22 body joints = legs 12 + arms 8 + head 2. Four-axis arms and shaped ends; no verified arm payload, gripping force or production precision. Approximately 950 mm / 19.5 kg; battery inclusion not explicitly scoped. Maximum peak joint torque 60 Nm is not safe contact force.

Geek 48 TOPS dense / Education Orin NX 8 GB 117 TOPS / Professional AGX Orin 32 GB 200 TOPS. Binocular depth camera, nine-axis IMU, microphones/speaker, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and gigabit Ethernet. Manufacturer leaves Geek board unnamed; seller QCS8550 label is not independently verified.

SDK and Integration

Native C++/legacy Python SDK uses Fast DDS and Apache 2.0; robot-description assets BSD 3-Clause. Booster Train/Deploy use Apache 2.0 with third-party terms; ROS 2 message package root licence not established. New boosteros Python package declares Proprietary. Firmware, agents, weights and cloud data rights are separate. Python SDK requires Python >=3.10 / firmware >=1.7 and executes on robots or Booster Studio; Deploy requires firmware >=1.7.2 and ROS 2 booster_interface. Pin the exact robot, task, SDK and firmware; public code is not a turnkey safety driver.

API type	Native DDS C++/Python; BoosterOS application API; configuration-specific access
Languages	C++, Python
ROS support	ROS 2 message/service package; Deploy requires booster_interface; exact distro/BOM must match firmware
Simulation	URDF/MJCF; Isaac Gym legacy; Train tested Isaac Lab 2.3.2 / Isaac Sim 5.1.0; Deploy MuJoCo
Offline operation	Local control/examples documented; complete agents, speech, activation and cloud-free operation unverified
Teleoperation	Needs verification
Software updates	Vendor firmware/App updates; physically support body before torque-off upgrade
Documentation	Open documentation
Integration constraints	Native C++/legacy Python SDK uses Fast DDS and Apache 2.0; robot-description assets BSD 3-Clause. Booster Train/Deploy use Apache 2.0 with third-party terms; ROS 2 message package root licence not established. New boosteros Python package declares Proprietary. Firmware, agents, weights and cloud data rights are separate. Python SDK requires Python >=3.10 / firmware >=1.7 and executes on robots or Booster Studio; Deploy requires firmware >=1.7.2 and ROS 2 booster_interface. Pin the exact robot, task, SDK and firmware; public code is not a turnkey safety driver. Website policy permits China, Singapore and other server regions and defers to separate product policies. Operation data may be collected for fault detection/statistics. Complete robot/App/voice-agent data flows, retention, remote access, cloud training consent, patch lifetime and fully offline agent operation remain unverified.

Safety Notes

Maker requires PREP and stable ground before WALK, clear motion area and no lifting a moving body. Upgrades stop control and remove joint torque: support the robot in DAMP. CUSTOM mode hands all joints to developer code; use a hoist and validate in simulation. Soft/hard stops, damping and alarms are manufacturer features, without inspected independent SIL/PL, fall envelope or unguarded collaborative approval.

Compliance and Certificates

Standard	Status	Jurisdiction	Evidence
CE marking	Supplier claimed	European Union	Manufacturer K1 manual prints CE/FCC certification standards. Exact delivered configuration signed declaration, test report and independent approval not inspected.
FCC	Supplier claimed	United States	Manufacturer specification lists FCC; actual FCC identifier, test dossier and exact configuration scope unverified.

Manufacturer video ↗

Commercial Readiness

Pricing	November 2 Funduino offers include VAT and exclude shipping: Geek EUR 11,999, Education EUR 14,999, Professional EUR 17,899.99, all on order. Exact delivered BOM and tax territory require confirmation; no OEM MSRP/current USD 5,999 checkout verified. Seller rounds height to 90 cm versus maker 95 cm.
Price range	Quote-based or unverified
Lead time	Needs verification
Availability regions	China manufacturer inquiry; overseas seller contract-dependent
Spare parts	German seller lists batteries/chargers and T2 LiDAR; French seller promises parts and repair. Exact joint/hand inventory, battery freight and response SLA unknown.
Warranty	Geek three months; Education/Professional one year from receipt. Warranty starts receipt under current manufacturer policy. Falls, water, unauthorised changes/parts, overload and developer-code collisions or vibration are excluded. Buyer prepays return; covered costs handled after diagnosis. Back up data before repair. Regional battery, hand, freight, labour and contract exceptions require written confirmation.
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	950 mm
Weight	19.50 kg
Payload	Unknown
Runtime	Unknown
Battery and runtime conditions	Geek 2 Ah / 20 minutes; Education and Professional 5 Ah / 70 minutes at 1.1 m/s in current maker table. Older 30/80-minute claims used different conditions and are not current endurance. Family scalar runtime unknown across packs. Magnetic direct charging while powered is advertised but optional in matrix; confirm included kit. Ordinary edition pack voltage not verified.
Degrees of freedom	22
Max speed	2.00 m/s
Starting price	Current OEM price unknown; former USD 5,999 not reverified. Dated seller offers have distinct tax/configuration scope. Source ↗
Edition controller	Geek 48 TOPS dense; Education 117 TOPS NX 8 GB; Professional 200 TOPS AGX 32 GB Source ↗
Maximum peak torque	60 N m Source ↗
Speed evidence	Current product up to 2 m/s; manual walking 1.1 m/s. Not independently verified; runtime measured at 1.1 m/s. Source ↗

Sources and Further Reading

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.
BoosterOS Python package metadata and proprietary licence ↗ Booster Robotics / Python Package Index · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Inspected current PyPI 1.2.2 metadata declares license Proprietary. Separate legacy booster_robotics_sdk_python 1.6.3 metadata has no explicit licence field. Do not call all Booster software open source.
Current BoosterOS Python SDK runtime requirements ↗ Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Current supported list names K1/T1/T2 despite stale prose saying two models. Python >=3.10, firmware >=1.7; supported execution on physical robots or Booster Studio virtual environments, not arbitrary remote workstation guarantee. Sensors, mode/velocity/joint/trajectory/action/audio interfaces. API availability is not a licence for firmware, weights or all cloud services.
Current German seller configurations and VAT-inclusive offers ↗ Funduino GmbH · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
November 2 primary catalogue: Funduino GmbH, Bornestraße 22, 48529 Nordhorn. Listed on order, not proven local stock. K1 Geek EUR 11,999; Education 14,999; Pro 17,899.99. T2 Pro 38,259, gripper 47,590, dex 53,590; Edu 32,500, gripper 42,790, dex 48,790; tactile Pro 118,990. VAT included, shipping excluded. Seller T1 Basic 100 TOPS versus maker current 200, T2 Edu 350 versus maker 375 and Pro 2000 TOPS versus maker 2070 TFLOPS FP4 are unresolved SKU/metric differences, not manufacturer truth.
Current K1 edition comparison and product claims ↗ Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Current desktop comparison, not duplicated mobile panels: Geek / Education / Professional, approximately 950 mm and 19.5 kg, 22 body joints, 60 Nm peak, up to 2 m/s marketing. Geek 2 Ah / 20 minutes; Education and Professional 5 Ah / 70 minutes, walking at 1.1 m/s. Magnetic direct charging is optional in matrix. Three-month Geek versus one-year Education/Professional warranty. Current store link is an inquiry form; former USD 5,999 checkout not verified now.
First-hand German laboratory T1 ownership and photo ↗ TU Darmstadt Intelligent Autonomous Systems · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
IAS laboratory inventory explicitly identifies T1 (left) and Unitree G1 (right), 23-axis T1 with four-axis arms. States robots at DFKI Systems AI for Robot Learning laboratory. Independent evidence of research access, not factory acceptance or manufacturer-owned service centre. Laboratory height 120 cm is rounded versus current maker 118 cm.
K1 current hardware and compute specifications ↗ Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Geek unnamed ARM board, 48 TOPS dense, 8 GB / 128 GB; Education Jetson Orin NX 8 GB, 117 TOPS, 512 GB; Professional AGX Orin 32 GB, 200 TOPS, 512 GB. Manual walking speed 1.1 m/s differs from product up-to-2 marketing. CE/FCC printed as certification standards; no signed declaration, test report or FCC identifier inspected. Do not infer Qualcomm from seller naming alone.
K1 motion, upgrade and custom-control safety instructions ↗ Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
PREP and stable ground before WALK; clear people/obstacles; no lifting a moving robot; do not touch moving parts except handle. Firmware upgrade stops controller and removes joint torque: support body and use DAMP. CUSTOM mode transfers all joints to developer code; hoist protection and simulation validation advised. Emergency stop/damping is not independently validated SIL/PL or collaborative-operation certification.
K1 official family demonstration clip ↗ Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Exact official current product-page hero clip; HEAD returned 200. Family-level demonstration, not verified installed compute/end-effector edition, production uptime or independent safety test. Server declares application/octet-stream; MP4 header separately checked.
Official model-description DOF and simulation asset guide ↗ Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Manufacturer guide independently confirms K1 22, T1 23, T1_29dof seven-axis-arm URDF and T2 31 body axes. Head/arms/waist fixed in locomotion examples are controlled subsets, not new products. Internal b1_loco SDK naming does not establish a B1 retail robot.
Public booster_assets repository and licence scope ↗ Booster Robotics / GitHub · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Actual root BSD 3-Clause licence. URDF/MJCF descriptions: K1 22, T1 23, T1 seven-axis arms 29 BODY, T2 31 BODY. Locomotion subsets/fixed joints are software assets, not new retail bodies. BSD model assets do not grant a website-picture licence.
Public booster_deploy repository and licence scope ↗ Booster Robotics / GitHub · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Actual root Apache 2.0 notice. Python >=3.10, firmware >=1.7.2, ROS 2 booster_interface required for DDS-backed low_state/joint_ctrl/RPC; MuJoCo optional sim2sim. Not the same environment promise as generic native SDK.
Public booster_robotics_sdk repository and licence scope ↗ Booster Robotics / GitHub · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Actual root licence states Apache 2.0. Native C++ and legacy Python bindings, Fast DDS; Ubuntu 22.04, GCC 11.4, aarch64/x86_64 examples. Public SDK licence does not cover all proprietary robot firmware or BoosterOS package.
Public booster_robotics_sdk_ros2 repository and licence scope ↗ Booster Robotics / GitHub · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
README inspected: ROS 2 message/service definitions including low-level state, command and agent RPC. Root LICENSE and guessed root package.xml returned 404; exact package licence/distro and whole-driver support not established. Public availability alone is not an open-source licence.
Public booster_train repository and licence scope ↗ Booster Robotics / GitHub · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Actual root Apache 2.0 notice; embedded whole_body_tracking separately MIT. Isaac Lab motion tracking for T2/T1/K1; tested Isaac Lab 2.3.2 / Isaac Sim 5.1.0. Pin exact commit/assets/task rather than assuming all firmware or hand variants interchangeable.
Receipt-based warranty, exclusions and website privacy ↗ Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Warranty starts receipt; model-specific periods prevail. Excludes falls, water, unauthorised parts/repair, rough terrain, overload and developer code causing falls/collisions/joint-limit vibration. Buyer prepays return; covered fault costs reimbursed after diagnosis. Back up data; repairs may erase it. Robot operation data collected for fault detection/statistics. Website privacy is website-only; separate product policies prevail, servers China/Singapore/other regions. No complete robot/App/voice-cloud residency or offline guarantee established.
K1 current firmware release and upgrade instructions ↗ Booster Robotics · Published Oct 19, 2026 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
October 19, 2026 release inspected: K1 v1.8.1.2, Ubuntu 22.04 aarch64; camera frame-rate options and gait fixes. Updates stop motion control and joint torque; physical support required. No firmware binaries downloaded and no upgrade performed.
Near CNY 1 billion funding and attributed shipment claims ↗ NetEase Intelligence / Sina Finance · Published Apr 17, 2026 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
NetEase Intelligence report reproduced by Sina: company announces near CNY 1 billion, led by Beijing High-Tech Industries, Jingguosheng and Huakong. Company reports K1 cumulative above 1,000 units, 20+ countries, 400 customers; Q1 shipment growth 500%, January-February new orders +800%. Attributed company figures, not audited revenue, accepted factory installations or independent delivery counts.

Booster Robotics K1 (current family)