Booster K1 Specifications

Complete technical specifications extracted from the Booster Robotics K1 developer documentation.

Physical & Kinematic

VendorBooster Robotics
ModelK1
Form FactorFull-body bipedal humanoid
Total DOF22
Head DOF2 — yaw (pan) and pitch (tilt)
Head Yaw Rangeapprox. −90° to +90°
Head Pitch Rangeapprox. −40° to +30°
Arm DOFMultiple per arm (bilateral)
Leg DOFFull bipedal kinematics per leg

Control Modes

DAMPPassive damping — default power-on and shutdown state
PREPRobot stands and holds position using balance controller
WALKFull bipedal gait controller — accepts velocity and action commands
CUSTOMDirect 22-DOF joint control for research (lifting fixture required)
PROTECTFault state — entered automatically, requires fault clearance
SDK methodclient.change_mode(booster.Mode.PREP)

Walking & Locomotion

Walk Speed (forward/back)−0.5 to +0.5 m/s
Walk Speed (lateral)−0.5 to +0.5 m/s
Rotation Speed−1.0 to +1.0 rad/s
Walk APIclient.walk(forward, lateral, angular)

Connectivity & Network

Network InterfaceWired Ethernet
Default Wired IP192.168.10.102
Computer IP (wired)192.168.10.10 / netmask 255.255.255.0
WirelessVia Booster App (IP assigned dynamically)
SSH Accessssh booster@192.168.10.102 · password: 123456

Software & SDK

SDK Packagebooster_robotics_sdk_python (PyPI)
Python Version3.8+
ROS2URDF model + bridge node pattern
Agent SystemDefault, Soccer, HiChat, Dance, LionDance
Platform Agentk1_agent.py
Official SDK Repogithub.com/BoosterRobotics/booster_robotics_sdk

Telemetry

Battery Levelstatus.battery_percentage (float, 0–100)
IMU Datastatus.imu_status
Default Telemetry Rate8 Hz (configurable via --telemetry-hz)
Joint Telemetry6 primary joint angles in degrees (j1–j6)
Motor StatesPosition, RPM, temperature per motor
Walk Velocityvx, vy, wz components

ROS2 Topics (Convention)

/k1/joint_statessensor_msgs/JointState — 22-DOF joint positions and velocities
/cmd_velgeometry_msgs/Twist — walk velocity commands
/k1/batterysensor_msgs/BatteryState — battery percentage
/k1/imusensor_msgs/Imu — IMU orientation and angular velocity
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