Booster Robotics is a Beijing-based startup targeting the affordable research and light industrial humanoid market with the T1 platform. At sub-$10K pricing and 700+ units shipped, Booster has achieved commercial scale faster than most Chinese peers. The compact 118 cm, 23 kg form factor with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin compute makes the T1 accessible to research institutions that cannot afford larger, more expensive platforms.