Booster K1
About
About Booster K1
Booster K1 is a 95-centimetre humanoid development platform for education, embodied-AI work and KidSize robot-soccer research. It weighs about 19.5 kilograms and provides 22 degrees of freedom through six joints per leg, four per arm and two in the head.
Booster offers Geek, Education and Professional configurations with different compute options, while the published platform uses dual joint encoders and lists 60-newton-metre peak actuator torque. Compute, sensors and battery runtime differ across the three configurations.
Capabilities
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Supply
Supply / Components
- Booster K1
Jetson Orin Nx Agx Orin - Compute & Control - NVIDIA - Booster K1 Education uses Jetson Orin NX 8GB; Professional uses Jetson AGX Orin 32GB - source: docs.booster.tech
Source - Booster K1 Geek configuration
Robotics Compute Platform - Compute & Control - Qualcomm - Booster K1 Geek uses Qualcomm Dragonwing robotics compute - source: qualcomm.com
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Research
- InterMimicGen: Scaling Humanoid Loco-Manipulation through Self-Evolving Motion Imitation
2026-10-05 - Research Publication - InterMimicGen couples humanoid motion references with a learned tracker in an iterative data-generation loop. It retargets human-object interactions to several embodiments and demonstrates selected motions on physical G1, Booster K1 and Dexmate Vega-1 Pro robots.
Source - Booster Lab: A Data-Centric Pipeline for Learning Deployable Humanoid Locomotion Policies
2026-06-26 - Research Publication - The pipeline supports outdoor T1 locomotion and stable physical K1 running.
Source - Booster RoboCup software stack
Research Publication - Booster’s RoboCup release combines object detection, match decision-making and GameController integration for K1 and T1. The ROS2 stack includes behavior trees, vision configuration and hardware/simulator run scripts.
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Timeline
- Booster Robotics appoints ELSA Japan distributor for K1 and T2
2026-10-08 - Partnership - K1 targets research and education, with four configurations offering different compute and battery options. T2 configurations include a Jetson Thor T5000 option and support up to 10 kg of combined dual-arm payload. ELSA plans to support embodied-AI development and validation alongside its GPU-server and workstation offerings.
Source - Booster Robotics launches K1 humanoid development platform
2025-10-24 - Product Launch - All three launch variants—K1 Geek, K1 Edu and K1 Pro—offered 22 degrees of freedom and support for secondary development. The Geek Edition was priced at $5,999, with a temporary offer from $4,999 before November 11. Booster also introduced the Booster Agents application system and a developer support program with tools, tutorials and a seed investment fund.
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Context
Market context
Booster K1 is a lightweight portable humanoid for teaching, research demos, competition use and introductory embodied AI development.
- Target environment: Classrooms, research labs and educational robotics environments.
- Workflow context: Humanoid education, research demonstrations, competition participation and introductory embodied AI development.
- Customer context: Educators, students and researchers seeking an affordable humanoid platform for learning.
- Deployment model: Commercial product aimed at education and entry-level research.
- Commercial maturity: Commercially available entry-level humanoid with classroom and lab adoption.
- Adoption constraints: Limited payload and capabilities restrict it to educational and light research use.
- Market position: Lowers the cost floor for schools and labs building embodied AI and humanoid curriculum at small scale.
- Adjacent products: Booster T1, educational humanoid platforms
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