Booster K1

Booster Robotics · 2025

$5,999 – $16,999official Geek $5,999; US resellers $7,980 (Robify Geek) to $16,999 (Maverick Pro)
AvailableRL walkingRoboCup KidSize champOpen RL pipelineSDK on all tiersGeek battery ~30 min
Weeks+Shipping: 2–6 wks. US-facing resellers include Maverick Drone ("contact for lead times") and Robify (15 business days processing). Prices vary a lot by channel, so compare. Maverick ↗

Overview

The best small ready-made humanoid for simulation-focused developers. It is kid-sized and light enough to catch, and Booster publishes the whole train → sim2sim → deploy stack, with the SDK open even on the cheapest tier. Get the 5 Ah battery (the Geek's 2 Ah pack lasts ~30 min). It's slow and the arms are mostly for show, but for locomotion experiments it's the one to beat.

Best ready-made pick around $6k, with an open SDK and open RL pipeline on every tier.

Specifications

CategoryBipeds · Kid-size humanoids (≤ 1.3 m)
Released2025
AvailabilityAvailable
ProgrammabilityFull SDK
Best forProfessionals & labs
Vision sensorsDepth camera, Camera
ActuatorsBrushless / direct-drive motors
AudioSpeaker, Microphone
Compute typeProprietary / undisclosed, NVIDIA Jetson
Balance typeRL walking
Height95 cm
Weight19.5 kg
ComputeGeek 48 TOPS; EDU Jetson Orin NX (117 TOPS); Pro AGX Orin (200 TOPS)
Speed0.4 m/s walk (official)
DOF22 (6/leg, 4/arm, 2 head), 60 N·m peak
SensorsStereo depth camera, 9-axis IMU, mic array, speaker
BalanceRL locomotion (Booster Gym / Isaac Lab); pushes, kicks and falls are routine in RoboCup KidSize, and it stands back up on its own.
SDKOfficial Python/C++ SDK (PyPI), ROS 2; open booster_gym / booster_train / booster_deploy; models published. SDK on every tier

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