Booster Robotics

Compact T1/K1 humanoids for research, education and robot-soccer competitions

Scaleup · Shipping · Humanoid startup · Beijing, Beijing, China · Founded 2023 · booster.tech

Unverified CEO from general knowledge.

Profile

Beijing-based Booster Robotics sells compact humanoids widely used in education, research and RoboCup-style competitions; its K1 passed 1,000 units shipped. It raised nearly RMB 1B in Apr 2026 led by Beijing state-linked funds.

People

• CH
  Cheng Hao Founder

  Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Sources: Booster Robotics: from building robots to building platforms (Beijing News) · Booster Robotics about page · As of Oct 8, 2026. X handles are shown only when we could confirm they belong to the person.

Flagship robots

• K1 Humanoid
  >1,000 units shipped by Apr 2026
• T1 Humanoid
  Developer/competition humanoid

Funding and valuation

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• Unitree Robotics

  Direct competitor

  CNHumanoid OEM

  Both sell humanoids and legged robots to developers, universities and research labs: Unitree Robotics sells low-cost humanoids and quadrupeds in volume, while Booster Robotics makes compact T1 and K1 humanoids for research, education and robot soccer.

  Sources (2)

  • Booster Robotics (company website)
  • Unitree Robotics (company website)

• LimX Dynamics

  Direct competitor

  CNHumanoid startup

  Both sell humanoids and legged robots to developers, universities and research labs: LimX Dynamics makes the Oli humanoid and TRON legged robots, while Booster Robotics makes compact T1 and K1 humanoids for research, education and robot soccer.

  Sources (2)

  • Booster Robotics (company website)
  • LimX Dynamics (company website)

• Robot Era

  Adjacent competitor

  CNHumanoid startup

  Both sell humanoids to researchers and developers: Robot Era makes the STAR1 humanoid and XHAND dexterous hands, while Booster Robotics makes compact T1 and K1 humanoids for research, education and robot soccer.

  Sources (2)

  • Booster Robotics (company website)
  • Robot Era (company website)

Recent news

• Apr 17, 2026 — Booster closes nearly RMB 1B round Gasgoo

Suppliers

• Qualcomm — Dragonwing IQ10 robotics platform (up to 700 sparse INT8 TOPS)
• D-Robotics (Horizon Robotics) — RDK S600 (560 INT8 TOPS) / S100 robot compute

Sources

• Booster Robotics completes nearly 1 billion yuan financing (Gasgoo) (Apr 17, 2026)
• 加速进化完成近10亿元融资 (Economic Observer) (Apr 17, 2026)

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