Booster Robotics · research humanoid
Booster T2
Booster's flagship development humanoid, about 1.4 m and 42 kg with 31 joints (7 per arm, 6 per leg, 3 in the waist, 2 in the neck). It is sold as a platform for embodied-AI work, with an optional Nvidia Jetson Thor computer and a choice of grippers or dexterous hands.
- Price
- $30,000Cheaper than 46%
- Height
- 140 cmTaller than 29%
- Weight
- 42 kgHeavier than 26%
- Payload
- 10 kgCarries more than 41%
- Speed
- 10.8 km/hFaster than 93%
- Battery
- 2 hRuns longer than 15%
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Why it matters
Booster T2 is on the market today.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
Booster RoboticsCompany · founded 2023 · Beijing, ChinaSeries A about 500 million yuan (mid-2025); Series A+ over 100 million yuan (Jul 2025, Beijing robot and AI funds); nearly 1 billion yuan round…
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Booster T2 is taller than 29% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Booster T2 is heavier than 26% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Booster T2 is faster than 93% of the 122 other humanoids that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Booster T2 carries more than 41% of the 132 other humanoids that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Booster T2 has more joints than 49% of the 236 other humanoids that publish a joints. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Booster T2 runs longer than 15% of the 119 other humanoids that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Booster T2 costs less than 46% of the 85 other humanoids that publish a price. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
What it has been shown doing
We checked public videos and press for Booster T2 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.
Public attention
How much public attention Booster T2 gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Walks on legs · 31 joints
- Chip
- Jetson AGX Thor (T5000) (NVIDIA)Professional model runs a Jetson Thor T5000, air-cooled.
- Actuators & motors
- High-speed internal-rotor permanent-magnet synchronous motors with industrial crossed-roller output bearings; peak joint torque 140 N·m; 31 DoF (6 per leg, 7 per arm, 3 waist, 2 head).
- Hands
- Optional end effectors: standard gripper or 6-DoF dexterous hand; maximum dual-arm payload 10 kg (posture dependent).
- Sensors & vision
- Binocular cameras in the head and waist, optional wrist cameras, optional lidar, microphone array and speaker.
- Compute
- Education model: unnamed ARM processor; Professional/Pro model: NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000; air cooled
- Battery & power
- 48 V, 10 Ah pack; about 2 hours of continuous walking; magnetic charging port.
- AI & software
- Booster Studio for simulation, policy training, sim-to-real transfer and deployment, with open interfaces; supports VLA models, reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
- Other details
- About 1.4 m and 42 kg; walking speed listed at up to 3 m/s on the product page (2 m/s in press). Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, Ethernet and locking USB-C; voice alerts for low battery and joint overheating.
Named suppliers:NVIDIA
Lineage
Every Booster Robotics humanoid in order.
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Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- $30,000Booster does not publish a price; US distributor Robotics Center lists $30,000 plus shipping, on backorder
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Pro edition on sale from July 2026; a US distributor lists it on backorder
- Where it is sold or used
- China (Booster Robotics, Beijing)
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Booster T2 brings Jetson Thor to a 31-DoF humanoid
Interesting Engineering detailed the T2's 31 joints, 140 N·m peak torque, Thor T5000 compute and gripper or dexterous-hand options.
Interesting Engineering - Booster launches T2 development platform
Booster Robotics officially launched the T2 as its flagship embodied-AI development platform, with a Thor-powered Pro edition.
Booster Robotics via Newsfile
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Booster T2Booster Robotics |  G1Unitree RoboticsSame jobs: research, education · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |  Asimov 1Menlo ResearchSame jobs: research, education · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar size · Similar price |  OliLimX DynamicsSame jobs: research, general-purpose · Both walk · Both on sale or in pilots · Similar price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2026-07-13 | 2024-05 | 2026-03 | 2025-07-31 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | 140 cm | 132 cm | 120 cm | — |
| Weight | 42 kg | 35 kg | 35 kg | — |
| Joints | 31 | 23 | 25 | — |
| Speed | 10.8 km/h | 7.2 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | 10 kg | 2 kg | 15 kg | — |
| Battery | 2 h | 2 h | — | — |
| Price | $30,000 | $13,500 | $20,000 | $21,800 |
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