Booster K1 — price, specs & alternatives (2026 index)

Name: Booster K1
Brand: Booster Robotics
Availability: InStock

Booster Robotics, China · humanoid robot

Market price$5,999

Typical applicationsresearch, education, logistics and manufacturing pilots

Booster K1 by Booster Robotics (China) is a humanoid robot; the index lists it at $5,999 as of 2026-09, status: for sale.

For sale

$5,999

Booster Robotics announced the K1 Geek Edition at $5,999 at its October 2025 launch, quoted in USD by the maker, with a $4,999 promotional price during the launch window only. The Geek price covers the 22-DoF robot with 48 TOPS compute, a 2Ah battery, carrying case and a 3-month warranty. The Education (117 TOPS) and Professional (200 TOPS) editions add a 5Ah battery and a 1-year warranty but carry no publicly listed price.

Verified as of 2026-09 · how we verify prices

Booster K1 — Humanoid robot — Image: Booster Robotics

Booster K1 vs its class

Computed from this index: medians across the humanoid robot models that publish each figure. No estimates — the medians move as the data does. 52 models

Metric	This model	Class median	vs median
Price, mid of range	$5,999	$39,990	×0.15
Weight	19.5 kg	58.5 kg	×0.33
Height	95 cm	168 cm	×0.57
Degrees of freedom	22	31	×0.71
Battery life	0.5 h	2 h	×0.25

Alternatives & how they compare

Booster K1 against its closest rivals in this class — Western and Chinese alternatives side by side, by price and key specs.

Model	Maker	Price (USD)	Payload	DoF	Status
Booster K1	Booster Robotics (China)	$5,999	—	22	For sale
Isaac 1	Weave Robotics (USA)	$7,999	—	—	Pre-order
K-Bot	K-Scale Labs (USA)	$8,999	—	—	Not sold yet
Unitree R1	Unitree Robotics (China)	$4,150–$5,900	—	26	For sale

Total cost of ownership — indicative

A model estimate built from our verified price data and industry rules of thumb. Not a vendor offer: exact numbers come with a factory quote.

Cost item	Estimate (USD)
Hardware (index price)	$5,999
Delivery & import	+5–12% · $300–$720
Commissioning & integration	+5–15% · $300–$900
Maintenance & support, per year	5–10% · $300–$600
Indicative 3-year TCO	$7,499–$9,418

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Booster K1 reviews

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Published reviewHTWK Robots (HTWK Leipzig RoboCup team) · Booster K1 fielded by HTWK Leipzig in the Humanoid KidSize League at RoboCup 2025 (the team went on to win the world championship with this hardware)2025-07-16

On their first day fielding the Booster K1 at RoboCup 2025, the HTWK Leipzig team reported the robot confidently climbed the step onto the playing field and its stable walking gait immediately impressed rival teams, though they had to work through initial power-supply problems before it ran reliably.

confidently climbed the step onto the playing field without issue
stable walking gait that visibly impressed competing teams
distinctive hardware choice in a league without a mandatory unified robot model

initial power supply issues had to be resolved before the robot performed reliably

Read the full review at HTWK Robots (team blog) →

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