Booster Robotics

• Booster K1
• Booster T1
• Booster T2

  Booster T

Output & shipments

• Shipments

  2025-10-30 - Booster Robotics said it had shipped over 700 humanoid robots globally, serving more than 200 clients across over 20 countries and more than 70 universities and research institutions. - Booster Robotics global humanoid shipments - global shipment program

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• Shipments

  2025-01-23 - Booster Robotics said Booster T1 had reached mass production and global shipment, with more than 50 units shipped within three months of launch. - Booster T1 shipment program

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Supply chain relationships

• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Booster K1 Education uses Jetson Orin NX 8GB; Professional uses Jetson AGX Orin 32GB

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• Qualcomm

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Booster K1 Geek uses Qualcomm Dragonwing robotics compute

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• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Compute & Control - NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000 is installed in the Booster T2 Pro edition

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• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Booster T1 incorporates NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin compute

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• Intel

  Inbound - Compute & Control - Intel supplies core i7 1370p for booster t1 for Booster Robotics Booster T1

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• 2026-04-17 - Venture round - Booster Robotics closes nearly CNY 1B financing

  Booster Robotics completed financing of nearly CNY 1 billion to expand global delivery capacity and continue developing its embodied-AI models and robot products. - source: eu.36kr.com

• 2026-01-12 - Venture round - Booster Robotics raises over CNY 100M

  Booster Robotics raised more than CNY 100 million in an IDG Capital-led round to expand humanoid-robot development, manufacturing and delivery capacity. - source: news.qq.com

• 2025-07-24 - Series A+ - Booster Robotics closes Series A+ round

  Series A+ announced in July 2025, led by Beijing Robotics Industry Development Investment Fund and Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund; Bohua Capital participates. - source: booster.tech

• 2025-06-01 - Series A - Booster Robotics closes Series A round

  Series A completed in June 2025, led by Shenzhen Capital Group with Jinding Capital as co-investor; existing shareholders reinvest. Funds support product iteration and scaled mass-production delivery. - source: booster.tech

• 2024-09-11 - Pre-A - Booster Robotics closes Pre-A financing round

  Pre-A financing completed in September 2024; investors include Bian Era Technology, CMBC International, Zhongguancun Science City, iCANX Fund, and existing shareholder INNO Angel. Proceeds support hardware development and software capability improvement. - source: booster.tech

• InnoAngel Fund - Participant - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-06-01 - latest 2026-04-17
• Shenzhen Capital Group - Lead - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-06-01 - latest 2026-04-17
• Source Code Capital - Participant - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-06-01 - latest 2026-04-17
• Bohua Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-07-24 - latest 2026-01-12
• IDG Capital - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2026-01-12 - latest 2026-04-17
• Bank of Communications Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-17
• Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund - Lead - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-07-24
• Beijing Guosheng Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-17
• Beijing High-Tech Industrial Development Fund - Lead - Strategic Industrial - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-04-17
• Beijing High-Tech Industries Investment Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-17
• Beijing Robotics Industry Development Investment Fund - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-24
• Beijing Yizhuang Investment - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-01-12
• Bi'an Times - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-06-01
• Bian Era Technology - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-09-11
• CMBC International - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-09-11
• Guohai Innovation Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-17
• Huakong Fund - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-17
• iCANX Fund - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-09-11
• INNO Angel - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-09-11
• Jinding Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-06-01
• Lenovo Star - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-04-17
• Minyin International - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-06-01
• Zhongguancun Science City - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-09-11

• Cheng Hao - Founder and CEO - Cheng leads Booster Robotics as it develops humanoid robots, operating systems, and development tools for embodied-intelligence research and deployment.

• Booster Robotics releases Booster Gym locomotion framework

  2025-06-18 - Research Publication - The open-source framework combines reinforcement learning, domain randomization, reward design and handling of parallel mechanical structures. The authors transferred trained policies to physical Booster T1 hardware for omnidirectional walking, disturbance resistance and terrain adaptation.

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Media library

• Booster T1 Basic running

  image · Booster Robotics

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• Booster T1 Standard football demonstration

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• Booster T1 Customized manipulation

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• Booster T1 unpacking and instructions

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• Booster education and professional editions unboxing

  video · Booster Robotics

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Official Booster T1 product and open-source references, SDK repositories, exact-platform imagery and verified operating videos.

• Booster T1 product reference

  WEB · Booster T1 · Booster Robotics

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• Booster open-source resources

  WEB · Booster T1 developer ecosystem · Booster Robotics

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• Booster Robotics SDK

  WEB · Booster T1 SDK · Booster Robotics

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• Booster Robotics ROS 2 SDK

  WEB · Booster T1 ROS 2 integration · Booster Robotics

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• Booster robot model assets

  WEB · Booster T1 model assets · Booster Robotics

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Events

• 2026-10-08 - Partnership - Booster Robotics appoints ELSA Japan distributor for K1 and T2

  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.

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• 2026-04-17 - Funding - Booster Robotics closes nearly CNY 1B financing

  Beijing High-Tech Industries Investment Fund, Beijing Guosheng Fund and Huakong Fund jointly led the round. Lenovo Star, Guohai Innovation Capital and Bank of Communications Capital participated, while Shenzhen Capital Group, Source Code Capital, InnoAngel Fund and IDG Capital reinvested. Proceeds were allocated to the global delivery network, embodied-model algorithms and product upgrades.

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• 2026-01-12 - Funding - Booster Robotics raises over CNY 100M

  Beijing Yizhuang Investment participated with returning backers Source Code Capital, InnoAngel Fund, Shenzhen Capital Group and Bohua Capital. Booster said proceeds would support R&D, manufacturing expansion, larger-scale deliveries and its developer ecosystem. The company reported more than 700 robots shipped to over 200 customers, with overseas markets accounting for more than half of shipments.

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• 2025-10-24 - Product Launch - Booster Robotics launches K1 humanoid development platform

  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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• 2025-10-24 - Product Launch - Booster Robotics holds inaugural ecosystem summit and launches Booster Agents and developer programs

  Booster Robotics holds its inaugural ecosystem summit Company launches Booster Agents, the Launch Program, and the Hundred Cities, Ten Thousand Schools initiative Summit is presented as part of the company's developer and education ecosystem buildout

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• 2025-07-24 - Funding - Booster Robotics closes Series A+ round

  Booster Robotics announces completion of a Series A+ funding round in July 2025 Investment is led by the Beijing Robotics Industry Development Investment Fund and the Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund Bohua Capital participates in the round

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• 2025-07-21 - Award - Booster T1 powers Tsinghua’s RoboCup 2025 AdultSize title

  The final in Brazil paired Tsinghua with China Agricultural University’s Mountain & Sea team, giving Chinese teams both top places. Tsinghua’s group-stage results included 16–0, 9–0 and 12–0 wins using the T1 humanoid platform.

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• 2025-06-28 - Demonstration - Booster T1 serves as the platform for RoBoLeague finals

  Tsinghua Hephaestus won the finals ahead of China Agricultural University, Tsinghua’s Future Lab and Beijing Information Science and Technology University teams. Teams prepared their own AI strategies and robots made decisions on the field without handheld remote control. The tournament was a test event for the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games.

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• 2025-06-18 - Research Publication - Booster Robotics releases Booster Gym locomotion framework

  The open-source framework combines reinforcement learning, domain randomization, reward design and handling of parallel mechanical structures. The authors transferred trained policies to physical Booster T1 hardware for omnidirectional walking, disturbance resistance and terrain adaptation.

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• 2025-06-01 - Funding - Booster Robotics closes Series A round

  Booster Robotics completes a Series A funding round in June 2025 Round is led by Shenzhen Capital Group, with Jinding Capital as co-investor Existing shareholders including Source Code Capital, Innoangel Fund, Minyin International, and Bi'an Times reinvest Company says funds will support product iteration, upgrades, and scaled mass-production delivery

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• 2025-04-14 - Award - Booster T1 powers German Open AdultSize champions

  The AdultSize final was played against Germany’s Sweaty team at the tournament in Nuremberg. Hamburg Bit-Bots also tested its own soccer software on a borrowed T1, retaining Booster’s motion control while adding localization and ball-blocking behavior.

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• 2025-01-23 - Production Milestone - Booster Robotics reports more than 50 T1 shipments

  Customers included organizations in China, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Switzerland, Japan and South Korea. The update accompanied T1’s January 19 appearance at NVIDIA’s Spring Festival reception, where it greeted guests and received Jensen Huang’s signature.

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• 2024-12-18 - Partnership - Booster Robotics becomes an official RoboCup partner

  RoboCup Federation announces partnership with Booster Robotics Partnership is aimed at embodied intelligence research and education Agreement supports participation of Booster humanoid robots in RoboCup competitions

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• 2024-12-02 - Award - Booster T1 wins two Humanoids 2024 competitions

  The competitions took place during IEEE-RAS Humanoids 2024 in Nancy, France, from November 22 to 24. Booster had launched T1 in October 2024, shortly before the November competitions.

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• 2024-09-11 - Funding - Booster Robotics closes Pre-A financing round

  Booster Robotics completes a Pre-A financing round in September 2024 Investors include Bian Era Technology, CMBC International, Zhongguancun Science City, iCANX Fund, and existing shareholder INNO Angel Company says proceeds will support hardware development and software capability improvement

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• 2024-08-21 - Demonstration - Booster Robotics shows T1 at the 2024 World Robot Conference

  An August 21 visit included demonstrations of autonomous get-up and omnidirectional walking. The stand also showed ball throwing, kicking, push-ups and a low squatting movement, including interaction with visitors.

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• 2024-04-24 - Product Launch - Booster Robotics unveils BR002 humanoid robot

  Booster Robotics officially unveils the BR002 robot Company demonstrates turning and standing-up motions Demonstration is presented as an early humanoid technology showcase

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• 2023-06-01 - Company Formation - Booster Robotics is established for research and education humanoids

  Booster Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. was established in June 2023. Founder and CEO Cheng Hao is identified by the company as the founder. Company materials state its early strategy is focused on scientific research and education scenarios.

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Relationships

• Axis Robotics

  Simulation Data Partner - Axis identifies Booster Robotics as its first simulation-data partner.

• Lightberry

  Robot Manufacturer Integration - Lightberry says it works with Booster to make robots listen, speak and act through its interaction software.

• ELSA Japan

  Distribution Partner - ELSA Japan signed a domestic distribution agreement for Booster K1 and T2 humanoids, with shipments planned from November 2026.

• RoboCup

  Official Partner - Booster Robotics became an official RoboCup partner after Booster T1 participation at RoboCup 2024.

Comparable profiles

• RobotEra

  comparable profile - Bipedal Locomotion · Whole Body Control

• ENGINEAI

  stack adjacency - Bipedal Locomotion · Whole Body Control

• Tokyo Robotics

  stack adjacency - Whole Body Control

Shared workflows

• Pollen Robotics

  workflow adjacency - Humanoid Development Platform

• Rotaku

  workflow adjacency - Humanoid Development Platform

• isento GmbH

  workflow adjacency - Humanoid Development Platform

• AGIRobots

  workflow adjacency - Humanoid Development Platform

Context tags

• Bipedal locomotion - Capability - Booster T1/K1 are humanoid robots used in RoboCup and locomotion-focused development.
• Robot OEM - Stack Layer - Company sells complete humanoid robot platforms.
• Humanoid development platform - Workflow - Booster T1 and K1 are positioned for developers, RoboCup and education, with open-source and training resources.
• Robotics research and education - Customer Environment
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage
• Whole-body control - Capability - RoboCup, obstacle avoidance and locomotion frameworks support whole-body control relevance.