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Booster T1

Booster RoboticsHumanoid robotAnnounced

Booster T1 is described by the manufacturer as a humanoid robot development platform designed for developers. It stands 1.18 m tall, weighs about 30 kg, and has 23 degrees of freedom in its Basic/Standard configuration, extendable to 31 with an optional gripper or 41 with an optional dexterous hand. Booster states it walks at 1 m/s, turns at 1.5 rad/s, and runs about 2 hours while walking or 4 hours while standing on a 10.5 Ah battery. It won the RoboCup 2025 Soccer 'AdultSize' category, and Booster's product page cites use by research groups at Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University, UC Berkeley and Tsinghua University. Booster publishes an official C++/Python SDK and a ROS 2 interface package for it, alongside open-source repositories for reinforcement-learning training (Booster Gym, with 'Out-of-the-Box Booster T1 Support'), sim-to-real/sim-to-sim deployment (Booster Deploy) and robot-description files (Booster Assets), plus a third-party MuJoCo Menagerie model and MuJoCo Playground locomotion environment.

EDITORIALOverview reviewed against the cited sources by WBH, .

HEIGHT
1.18 m
WEIGHT
~30 kg
DOF
23 DoF · 31 DoF (With Gripper) · 41 DoF (With Dexterous Hand)
RUNTIME
2 h (walking)
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DATA · 30 FIELDS

Specifications

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  • Community measured
  • Not published
PHYSICAL
Height1.18 mStanding. The product page's marketing copy separately rounds this to '~1.2m'.Official source [3]
Weight~30 kgManufacturer states 'About 30kg' (docs) / '~30kg' (product page).Official source [1][3]
Degrees of Freedom23 DoF · 31 DoF (With Gripper) · 41 DoF (With Dexterous Hand)Basic/Standard configuration.Official source [1][3]
LocomotionBipedal (omnidirectional walking)Official source [2]
Walking Speed1 m/sOfficial source [3]
Turning Speed1.5 rad/sOfficial source [3]
DoF per Leg6Official source [3]
DoF per Arm4 (expandable) · 7 (With Gripper / Dexterous Hand)Basic/Standard.Official source [1][3]
Waist DoF1Official source [3]
Head DoF2Official source [3]
Joint Movement SpaceWaist ±58°; Hip/Knee/Ankle ranges publishedOfficial source [1]
Walking Noise≤70 dBPublished as an upper bound ('≤70dB').Official source [3]
Operating Temperature-10℃ to 45℃Official source [3]
Operating Humidity5% to 90%, non-condensingOfficial source [3]
CertificationCE/FCCOfficial source [3]
Ingress protectionNot publishedNot published
JOINTS & ACTUATION
Max Joint Torque130 N·mOverall actuator peak torque figure; not broken out per joint.Official source [1]
POWER
Battery10.5 AhOfficial source [1]
Runtime2 h (walking)4 h standing, per product page; docs give 'Battery Life: 2h' without specifying activity.Official source [1][3]
Charging Time≤2 hPublished as an upper bound ('≤2h').Official source [3]
Battery Cycle Life≥500 cyclesPublished as a lower bound ('≥500 times').Official source [3]
COMPUTE & SENSING
ComputeAGX Orin – 200 TOPS (Basic) · Intel i7 + AGX Orin – 200 TOPS (Standard/Customized)Official source [1][3]
Perception SensorsDepth camera, 9-axis IMU, 6-mic arrayThe docs specifications table lists only 'Depth Camera / Microphone Array / Speaker' without naming the IMU or mic count; the product page adds the IMU and specifies a circular 6-mic array.Official source [1][3]
ConnectivityWi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, USB/EthernetOfficial source [1]
HANDS & PAYLOAD
End EffectorGripper (optional, 1 DoF/hand) (Customized (Gripper)) · Dexterous hand (optional, 6 DoF/hand) (Customized (Dexterous Hand))Official source [1]
Hand DoF1 (Gripper) · 6 (Dexterous Hand)Official source [1]
AVAILABILITY & PRICE
AvailabilityAvailable to orderOfficial source [1][11][12]
Warranty1 yearOfficial source [1]
Firmware SupportActive through firmware 1.7.2 (Aug 2026)Confirms T1 devices are still covered by current firmware, alongside K1/T2.Official source [9]
Indicative priceNot publishedNot published

DATA · SOFTWARE & SIMULATION

Development

INTERFACESUPPORTPACKAGE / VERSIONSRC
SDKOfficialBooster Robotics SDK (C++, github.com/BoosterRobotics/booster_robotics_sdk) with high-level RPC clients and low-level Fast DDS topics; Python delivered via the 'booster_robotics_sdk_python' pip package. A separate 'boosteros' Python SDK client (pip) explicitly lists 'Booster K1 / T1 / T2' as supported models.[5][7][16]
ROS 2Officialbooster_ros2_interface (booster_robotics_sdk_ros2 repo) provides ROS 2 message/service definitions (LowState, MotorState, ImuState, etc.); the SDK's Fast DDS transport is compatible with ROS 2's DDS mechanism, and booster_deploy's real-robot path requires 'ROS 2 with booster_interface', already installed on the robot.[17][19]
Isaac Sim / LabOfficialBooster Gym trains T1 locomotion policies in NVIDIA Isaac Gym (legacy Isaac Gym, not Isaac Sim/Lab) and cross-validates them in MuJoCo before deployment. Booster's newer Isaac-Lab-based framework, Booster Train, currently targets the K1 robot rather than T1.[18]
MuJoCoOfficialOfficially supported for sim-to-sim testing and deployment (booster_gym's play_mujoco.py, booster_deploy's --mujoco flag with a T1 mjcf_path). Also has a community-maintained Booster T1 model in Google DeepMind's MuJoCo Menagerie and a T1 joystick locomotion environment in MuJoCo Playground.[18][22][23][24]
GazeboNot publishedNo Gazebo package or documentation for T1 found in the retrieved sources.
URDF / MJCFOfficialbooster_assets ships official URDF/XML descriptions for three T1 variants: T1 (23 DoF), T1 Locomotion (23 DoF, fixed head/arms/waist), and T1 with 7-DoF Arms (29 DoF). A derived MJCF model (Apache-2.0) is also published in the third-party MuJoCo Menagerie.[20][22]
LanguagesOfficialPython (booster_robotics_sdk_python, boosteros) and C++ (booster_robotics_sdk).[8][16]
TeleoperationOfficialThe BoosterRobot Python SDK exposes a Hand-Guiding Manager to record/manage hand-guiding sessions; booster_deploy supports task selection and velocity teleoperation via a GameSir or Booster remote controller, or a keyboard.[7][19]