Booster K1 Professional Humanoid Robot

A humanoid robot that needs a full lab to be useful is a hard sell to a school or a small team. The Booster K1 Professional Humanoid Robot takes the opposite approach. It is a compact, walking platform that ships with its own portable suitcase, carries serious onboard AI compute, and has already proved itself on a competition field.

The Booster K1 Professional Humanoid Robot is available through this page, by quotation.

Background

Booster Robotics and the K1 line

BOOSTER ROBOTICS presents the K1 as an Introductory Embodied Development Platform. The wording matters. The K1 is not sold as a finished appliance with one fixed job. It is a body, a set of sensors and a compute module that teams build on, whether they are teaching, researching or competing.

The K1 family comes in three versions: Geek, Education and Professional. The Professional version is the one described on this page. Every figure below belongs to the Professional version only, and none of it should be read across to the other two.

The platform has a record to point to. At RoboCup 2025, K1 robots took both the KidSize champion and runner-up positions. Competition play is hard on hardware, with falls, knocks and long days of repeated matches, so that result says something about how well the platform holds up.

Where the Professional version sits

Within the family, the Professional version is the one with 200 TOPS of AI performance from its GPU. It also includes a portable suitcase, which the Geek version does not include. It adds a stereo depth camera, a 9-axis IMU and a circular 3-microphone array with a speaker, so the robot can see, balance and listen.

It also comes with the Doubao LLM, free for 6 months. That gives a team a language model to experiment with from the first day. Secondary development is supported, as are firmware upgrades, so the robot can be reprogrammed and kept current as a project grows.

Technical Specifications

Specifications as published by the manufacturer; confirmed against the datasheet at quotation.

The manufacturer has not published the payload, the IP rating, the charging time, the maximum walking speed, the operating temperature or the battery voltage; they are confirmed at quotation.

What makes the K1 Professional different from a typical research humanoid?

Many research humanoids are large, heavy and tied to a dedicated space. The K1 Professional stands about 95cm tall and weighs about 19.5kg. One person can move it, and it travels in the portable suitcase that comes with this version. A classroom, a workshop and a demonstration hall all become possible places to use it.

Size is not the only difference. The body has 22 degrees of freedom: 6 in each leg, 4 in each arm and 2 in the head. The knee moves through 0°~127°, and the maximum peak torque is 60N·m. Dual encoders on the joints give the control software two sources of position feedback. That suits teams working on walking, balance and recovery, where good joint data decides how far a project gets.

The perception and compute side is just as complete. A stereo depth camera, a 9-axis IMU and a circular 3-microphone array with a speaker cover vision, balance and voice. The 200 TOPS of AI performance gives a team room to run its own models on the robot. A Gigabit Ethernet expansion port, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connect it to the rest of a lab network.

How does the Professional version compare with the other K1 versions?

The K1 comes in three versions: Geek, Education and Professional. For the Professional version, the clearest differences are the 200 TOPS of AI performance and the included portable suitcase, which the Geek version does not have. Figures for the other two versions are not given here, so we do not quote them. Please ask for a quotation if you want a side-by-side comparison.

If your work is about getting started in the classroom, look at the Booster K1 EDU Humanoid Robot. If you want to compare the entry configuration, the Booster K1 GEEK Edition Humanoid Robot is the other sibling. The Professional version is the one to choose when onboard AI compute and the carrying case matter to you.

Who is the Booster K1 Professional for?

Universities and research labs are the first group. A platform with secondary development support, a Gigabit Ethernet port and 200 TOPS of AI performance can host work on locomotion, perception and speech without a custom-built robot.

Schools and training centers are the second. The robot is small enough for a classroom, and the included Doubao LLM, free for 6 months, gives students a conversational model to work with right away. Programs that run outreach events benefit from the suitcase, because the robot can travel to other schools.

Competition teams are the third. The K1 took the KidSize champion and runner-up places at RoboCup 2025, so teams preparing for similar events have a platform with a track record. Developers and AI start-ups form the fourth group. They can use the K1 to test embodied AI ideas on real hardware before committing to a larger machine.

If your budget or your needs point to a lighter entry, compare the Booster K1 GEEK Edition Humanoid Robot or the Booster K1 EDU Humanoid Robot before you decide.

What is the Booster K1 Professional used for?

1. Teaching robotics. Students work with a real walking humanoid and see how joints, sensors and software fit together.
2. Embodied AI research. Researchers run their own models on the 200 TOPS of onboard AI performance and test them on a physical body.
3. Competition preparation. Teams train for events such as RoboCup KidSize on a platform that has won there.
4. Voice and language projects. The 3-microphone array, the speaker and the included Doubao LLM support spoken interaction experiments.
5. Custom software development. Secondary development and firmware upgrades let developers build and refine their own behaviors.
6. Demonstrations and outreach. The portable suitcase makes it practical to bring the robot to exhibitions, schools and company visits.

Pricing and Availability

We do not list prices on this page. Quotation is the way to buy: tell us your quantity, your destination and your use, and we respond with an offer. Delivery, customs and support are arranged together with the quotation, so you know the full picture before you commit. The Booster K1 Professional Humanoid Robot is available on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How tall is the Booster K1 Professional and how much does it weigh?

The Professional version stands about 95cm tall and weighs about 19.5kg.

How many degrees of freedom does it have?

It has 22 in total: 6 in each leg, 4 in each arm and 2 in the head.

How much AI computing power does it have?

The GPU delivers 200 TOPS of AI performance, which suits teams running their own models onboard.

How long does the battery last?

The 5Ah battery runs for 80min while walking at 0.4m/s.

Can I write my own software for it?

Yes. Secondary development is supported, and firmware upgrades are supported as well. The expansion port is Gigabit Ethernet.

Does it come with a language model?

Yes. The Doubao LLM is included and is free for 6 months.

Where can I buy the Booster K1 Professional Humanoid Robot and what does it cost?

You can buy it through this page by requesting a quotation. We do not print prices here; the offer, including delivery and support, is sent to you with the quotation.

Summary

The Booster K1 Professional Humanoid Robot answers a simple problem: how to get a capable humanoid out of the single lab and in front of more people. It stands about 95cm tall, has 22 degrees of freedom, carries 200 TOPS of AI performance, and comes with a portable suitcase and a language model. Its RoboCup 2025 KidSize results show that it holds up in competition. For teams in education, research and competition, this page is the starting point.