Booster T2 vs G1
Booster Robotics Booster T2 and Unitree Robotics G1 compared on the same basis. Each value shows how sure we are of it, so a reported figure is not read as an official one.
- Height: Booster T2 140 cm · G1 132 cm (8 cm apart)
- Weight: Booster T2 42 kg · G1 35 kg (7 kg apart)
- Total degrees of freedom: Booster T2 31 · G1 23 (8 apart)
- Payload: Booster T2 10 kg · G1 2 kg (8 kg apart)
| Item | Booster T2 | G1 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Booster Robotics | Unitree Robotics |
| Stage | On sale | On sale |
| Height cm | 140 Official | 132 Official |
| Weight kg | 42 Official | 35 Official |
| Total degrees of freedom | 31 Official | 23 Official |
| Arm DoF (per arm) | 7 Official | 5 Official |
| Leg DoF (per leg) | 6 Official | 6 Official |
| Waist DoF | 3 Official | 1 Official |
| Head/neck DoF | 2 Official | — |
| Max joint torque N·m | 140 Official | 120 Official |
| Actuation | Electric Official | Electric Official |
| Walking speed km/h | 10.8 Official | — |
| Top speed km/h | 10.8 Official | 7.2 Reported |
| Hand DoF (per hand) | 6 Reported | 7 Official |
| Fingers | — | 3 Official |
| Payload kg | 10 Official | 2 Official |
| Tactile sensors | — | Optional tactile sensor array on the Dex3-1 hand available with EDU Official |
| Runtime h | 2 Official | 2 Official |
| Battery kWh | 0.48 Official | 0.43 Estimate |
| Battery swap | — | Swappable (quick-release smart battery) Official |
| Compute unit | Education edition: high-performance ARM processor 375 TOPS / Pro edition: NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000 (2070 TFLOPS) Official | 8-core high-performance CPU (EDU: optional high-performance compute module such as Jetson Orin) Official |
| Compute performance TOPS | 375 Official | — |
| Cameras | — | 1 Reported |
| Lidar | Optional Official | 3D LiDAR (Livox MID-360) Official |
| Sensors | Binocular cameras in head and abdomen, wrist cameras (gripper/dexterous hand versions), microphone array + speaker, optional lidar Official | Depth camera, 3D lidar, 4-microphone array, 5W speaker Official |
| AI model | Own reinforcement learning (RL) walking and whole-body control (Booster Gym, booster_train based on Isaac Lab) + 'large model integration' (Booster Studio, Agent Store, custom development) Official | UnifoLM (Unitree unified robot large model) — open-source UnifoLM-WMA-0 (world model-action, 2025-09), UnifoLM-VLA-0 (VLA model based on Qwen2.5-VL, 2026-01, trained on G1 manipulation data and released) Official |
| SDK & dev tools | booster_robotics_sdk (C++), supports custom development Official | unitree_sdk2 (C++/Python/Rust), custom development supported on EDU Official |
| Open resources | booster_assets (robot description, motions), booster_robotics_sdk, booster_gym, booster_train, booster_deploy (GitHub) Official | URDF (unitree_ros), SDK2, unitree_rl_gym/rl_lab, unitree_mujoco, UnifoLM models Official |
| Price | $29,900 Reported | $13,500 Official |
| Production & shipments | Company-wide cumulative shipments of 700+ units (end of 2025, about 200 customers) Reported | Unitree shipped 5,500+ humanoids in 2025 (excluding wheeled, whole company), 5,632 cumulatively in 2023–2025. 410 humanoids sold in G1's first year on sale (2024) Reported |