Commercial Context
Funduino in Nordhorn lists configurations on order; Bipedal lists T1-G currently unavailable; Robot Distribution in France advertises repair, parts and training. Sapienta in Italy quotes T2. These are seller claims, with no inspected manufacturer EU branch, authorised appointment, local inventory or service-response SLA.
Product Focus
K1 Geek / Education / Professional; regional Explorer mapping unresolved, K1 and T1 conditional RoboCup packages; separately named K1 Air competition body, T1 Basic / Standard and seven-axis-arm, gripper and hand upgrades, T2 Education E1/E2/E3 and Professional P1/P2/P3; seller tactile configuration, Historical BR002 prototype; Booster Studio, App, agents and developer tools
Export Markets
China research, education and events, Company April 2026 reports K1 delivered across 20+ countries and 400 customers; unaudited, European and Japanese seller channels, international RoboCup teams and German laboratory research access
EU Support and Service
| EU offices | No manufacturer-owned EU repair office independently verified |
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| Service regions | China manufacturer support and public English/Chinese documentation, Seller-dependent overseas service; written territory and SLA required |
| Distributors | Funduino GmbH, Bornestraße 22, 48529 Nordhorn, Germany: on-order K1/T1/T2 offers, Bipedal GmbH Germany: T1-G listing, currently unavailable, Robot Distribution France: K1/T2 and claimed repair/parts/training, Sapienta, Umbria/Perugia Italy: T2 configuration quotations, ASKA UNI-ROBO Japan: K1/T2 catalogue |
| Integrators | Seller training/integration offered; no independently accepted factory cycle or regional commissioning SLA inspected |
| Support languages | Chinese, English manufacturer manuals, German/French/Italian/Japanese seller content; contracted technician language unknown |
| Spare parts | German seller battery/charger/LiDAR listings and French parts promise; actual stock/dispatch time unverified |
| Warranty | Ordinary K1 Geek three months, Education/Professional one year; T2 one year. Explorer reporting says three months. Ordinary T1 exact duration unverified. Conditional RoboCup packages three years from SHIPPING, separate from ordinary receipt-based policy. Warranty starts receipt under current manufacturer policy. Falls, water, unauthorised changes/parts, overload and developer-code collisions or vibration are excluded. Buyer prepays return; covered costs handled after diagnosis. Back up data before repair. Regional battery, hand, freight, labour and contract exceptions require written confirmation. |
| Training | Available |
Maker curriculum, Booster Champion, Studio IDE and public code support technical learning. Exact training curriculum, regional availability, remote diagnostic access, parts pricing and support lifetime need contract. Funduino in Nordhorn lists configurations on order; Bipedal lists T1-G currently unavailable; Robot Distribution in France advertises repair, parts and training. Sapienta in Italy quotes T2. These are seller claims, with no inspected manufacturer EU branch, authorised appointment, local inventory or service-response SLA.
Risk and Due Diligence
| Risk level | Unknown |
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| Cybersecurity | Website policy permits China, Singapore and other server regions and defers to separate product policies. Operation data may be collected for fault detection/statistics. Complete robot/App/voice-agent data flows, retention, remote access, cloud training consent, patch lifetime and fully offline agent operation remain unverified. Native C++/legacy Python SDK uses Fast DDS and Apache 2.0; robot-description assets BSD 3-Clause. Booster Train/Deploy use Apache 2.0 with third-party terms; ROS 2 message package root licence not established. New boosteros Python package declares Proprietary. Firmware, agents, weights and cloud data rights are separate. Python SDK requires Python >=3.10 / firmware >=1.7 and executes on robots or Booster Studio; Deploy requires firmware >=1.7.2 and ROS 2 booster_interface. Pin the exact robot, task, SDK and firmware; public code is not a turnkey safety driver. |
| Data hosting | Needs verification |
| Export controls | Needs verification |
| Supply chain | Editorial: shipped research platforms and public resources support evaluation, while imported batteries, joint/hand replacements, regional conformity, developer-code warranty exclusions and contracted service remain material gaps. No invented numeric readiness rating. |
Funding and IPO Status
Founded June 2023. Current history: September 2024 CNY 100 million-scale Pre-A series versus English tens of millions of USD Pre-A round; scope/currency difference unresolved. June 2025 Series A led by SCGC; July A+ backed by Beijing Robot and AI funds/Broad Vision. April 17, 2026 near CNY 1 billion financing led by Beijing High-Tech Industries, Jingguosheng and Huakong; English near USD 150 million describes the same approximate round. Exact cumulative proceeds, valuation and percentage cap table unknown. December 2025 first positive monthly operating cash flow is a company claim, not annual profit or audited accounts.
Sources and Further Reading
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Booster company identity, funding and product history ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Current bilingual history inspected. Founded June 2023; founder and CEO Cheng Hao (程昊), Tsinghua robotics background. Chinese legal name 北京加速进化科技有限公司. BR002 unveiled April 24, 2024; T1 appeared August 2024; K1 commercial launch October 24, 2025; T2 launch July 10, 2026. K1 Air explicitly named in 2026 RoboCup Small division. December 2025 first positive MONTHLY operating cash flow is not annual profit. English and Chinese financing currencies/round scope differ; no invented conversion or duplicate financing. K1 was used in July 2025 competition before its October 24 formal commercial launch.
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BoosterOS Python package metadata and proprietary licence ↗
Booster Robotics / Python Package Index · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Inspected current PyPI 1.2.2 metadata declares license Proprietary. Separate legacy booster_robotics_sdk_python 1.6.3 metadata has no explicit licence field. Do not call all Booster software open source.
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Chinese corporate and financing timeline ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
September 2024 Chinese history says CNY 100 million-scale Pre-A SERIES, English says tens of millions of US dollars Pre-A round; exact scope unresolved. June 2025 Series A led by SCGC, July A+ by Beijing Robot/AI funds with Broad Vision. April 2026 near CNY 1 billion financing; English near USD 150 million is approximate translation, not a second round. Full percentage cap table, valuation, audited revenue/profit and formal registered English name unverified.
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Current German seller configurations and VAT-inclusive offers ↗
Funduino GmbH · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
November 2 primary catalogue: Funduino GmbH, Bornestraße 22, 48529 Nordhorn. Listed on order, not proven local stock. K1 Geek EUR 11,999; Education 14,999; Pro 17,899.99. T2 Pro 38,259, gripper 47,590, dex 53,590; Edu 32,500, gripper 42,790, dex 48,790; tactile Pro 118,990. VAT included, shipping excluded. Seller T1 Basic 100 TOPS versus maker current 200, T2 Edu 350 versus maker 375 and Pro 2000 TOPS versus maker 2070 TFLOPS FP4 are unresolved SKU/metric differences, not manufacturer truth.
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Current K1 edition comparison and product claims ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Current desktop comparison, not duplicated mobile panels: Geek / Education / Professional, approximately 950 mm and 19.5 kg, 22 body joints, 60 Nm peak, up to 2 m/s marketing. Geek 2 Ah / 20 minutes; Education and Professional 5 Ah / 70 minutes, walking at 1.1 m/s. Magnetic direct charging is optional in matrix. Three-month Geek versus one-year Education/Professional warranty. Current store link is an inquiry form; former USD 5,999 checkout not verified now.
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Current T2 Education and Professional comparison ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Two compute lines, each with default, gripper and dexterous-hand options. Approximately 1400 mm, 31 BODY joints excluding end-effector additions, 140 Nm peak. Maximum dual-arm combined 10 kg strongly depends on posture, not 10 kg per arm or rated continuous capacity. Walking 3 m/s and 48 V / 10 Ah / two-hour continuous walking claims; runtime at 3 m/s not established. Optional LiDAR and configuration-specific wrist cameras. One-year warranty.
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Dated official product and ecosystem news index ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Official index dates T2 July 10, 2026, Booster Studio June 30 and K1 Explorer September 17. Explorer full WeChat article was inaccessible; exact Explorer-to-current-Geek mapping not established. August 22 T2 stage event involving 80 robots is a demonstration, not manufacturing acceptance.
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First-hand German laboratory T1 ownership and photo ↗
TU Darmstadt Intelligent Autonomous Systems · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
IAS laboratory inventory explicitly identifies T1 (left) and Unitree G1 (right), 23-axis T1 with four-axis arms. States robots at DFKI Systems AI for Robot Learning laboratory. Independent evidence of research access, not factory acceptance or manufacturer-owned service centre. Laboratory height 120 cm is rounded versus current maker 118 cm.
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French seller support and conformity promises ↗
Robot Distribution / Lammar Innovative · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Current K1/T2 purchase/rental/RaaS, training, parts/repair and EU declaration promises. Exact OEM appointment, signed model declaration, physical parts inventory, response SLA and accepted deployments not inspected. Seller channel is not manufacturer-owned European branch.
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Historical BR002 source index and exact photographs ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Maker hosts April 30 and May 9, 2024 BR002-labelled articles and their exact historical photographs. May 9 description says BR002 replicated rotating get-up. April 30 summary says April 23 demonstration, while current about timeline says April 24 unveiling; retained as event-date scope difference. Full linked WeChat articles inaccessible; no inferred BR002 mass, joint count or T1 equivalence.
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Japanese seller corroboration of named tactile configuration ↗
ASKA Co., Ltd. / UNI-ROBO · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
ASKA UNI-ROBO primary catalogue lists Pro / Pro Gripper / Pro Dex-Hand / Pro High-DoF Tactile Hand with 31 / 33 / 43 / 73 full DOF and 21 axes per tactile hand. Seller five-kilogram horizontal single-arm statement is separate from maker maximum combined 10 kg and is not transferred as continuous rated payload. Seller names K1 Geek QCS8550; maker leaves module unnamed.
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Receipt-based warranty, exclusions and website privacy ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Warranty starts receipt; model-specific periods prevail. Excludes falls, water, unauthorised parts/repair, rough terrain, overload and developer code causing falls/collisions/joint-limit vibration. Buyer prepays return; covered fault costs reimbursed after diagnosis. Back up data; repairs may erase it. Robot operation data collected for fault detection/statistics. Website privacy is website-only; separate product policies prevail, servers China/Singapore/other regions. No complete robot/App/voice-cloud residency or offline guarantee established.
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RoboCup Federation conditional robot programme ↗
RoboCup Federation / Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Primary programme: K1 RoboCup USD 9,999 discount / 14,999 MSRP, five-pack 47,490; optional AGX upgrade +2,000 discounted / +3,000 MSRP. T1 USD 20,400 discounted / 44,700 MSRP, dual-board upgrade +4,200 / +6,300. Three-year warranty FROM SHIPPING, one battery/charger, tax/shipping excluded; participation/eligibility conditions apply. Seasonal 2026 programme requires revalidation after event, not universal current retail price.
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T1 current manufacturer specification manual ↗
Booster Robotics · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Former /booster-t1 product URL now redirects to home and is not T1 content. Current manual: approximately 1180 mm / 30 kg / 23 body DOF, walking 1 m/s (not labelled maximum), two-hour battery claim, charging at most two hours, at least 500 cycles. Basic single AGX Orin 32 GB / 200 TOPS, motion and perception share board. Standard separate Express-i7 motion board plus AGX Orin perception. CE/FCC standards claimed without inspected signed dossier.
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T1-G seven-axis arms and gripper seller specification ↗
Bipedal GmbH · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Primary Bipedal listing: T1-G with 31 full joints including 29 body and two grippers; Intel i7-1370P plus AGX Orin 32 GB / 200 TOPS, active runtime ABOVE one hour, not exact scalar. Current EUR 53,742 incl. 19% VAT, momentarily unavailable. Funduino separate offer EUR 49,980 on order; do not call either OEM MSRP or guaranteed stock. Exact seller photo retained with watermark.
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T2 Pro tactile configuration and European quotation scope ↗
Sapienta, Umbria / Perugia · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
Italian primary seller lists Pro Tactile Hand, 73 full joints = 31 body + two 21-DOF tactile hands, approximately 43 kg; EUR 99,000 VAT EXCLUDED. Ordinary Pro 29,900, gripper 39,900, dex 44,900 also ex-VAT. Seller Thor Orin/2000 TOPS wording differs from maker exact T5000/2070 FP4 specification. No named installed hand supplier, signed rights, exact configuration photograph or factory acceptance verified.
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Near CNY 1 billion funding and attributed shipment claims ↗
NetEase Intelligence / Sina Finance · Published Apr 17, 2026 · Accessed Nov 2, 2026
NetEase Intelligence report reproduced by Sina: company announces near CNY 1 billion, led by Beijing High-Tech Industries, Jingguosheng and Huakong. Company reports K1 cumulative above 1,000 units, 20+ countries, 400 customers; Q1 shipment growth 500%, January-February new orders +800%. Attributed company figures, not audited revenue, accepted factory installations or independent delivery counts.
