Booster K1 vs PAL TALOS
Generated from the registry · revision 2026-09-26 · openness out of 100
Booster K1 is 80 cm shorter (95 vs 175 cm) and 75.5 kg lighter (19.5 vs 95 kg) than TALOS. Booster K1 has 10 fewer degrees of freedom (22 vs 32) than TALOS. Both score 30/100 on openness. Availability for both: buy.
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Side by side
■ rows differ| Field | Booster RoboticsBooster K1 | PAL RoboticsPAL TALOS | Δ first − second |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Maker (differs) | Booster Robotics | PAL Robotics | |
| Class | Humanoid | Humanoid | |
| Status | Active | Active | |
| Availability | Buy | Buy | |
| Country (differs) | China | Spain | |
| Year (differs) | 2025 | 2017 | |
| Specifications | |||
| Height (differs) | 95cm | 175cm | −80 cm (-46%) |
| Mass (differs) | 19.5kg | 95kg | −75.5 kg (-79%) |
| Degrees of freedom (differs) | 22 | 32 | −10 (-31%) |
| Payload | —unsourced | 6kg | |
| Top speed | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Runtime (differs) | 40min | 90min | −50 min (-56%) |
| Battery capacity | —unsourced | —unsourced | |
| Price | 4,999USD | —unsourced | |
| Actuators (differs) | Dual-encoder actuators | torque-controlled joints with torque sensors | |
| Compute (differs) | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB (117 TOPS) base; up to 200 TOPS tier | Ubuntu LTS real-time, EtherCAT 2 kHz | |
| Sensors (differs) | RGB-D camera, 9-axis IMU, microphone array | joint torque sensors, F/T wrists and ankles, IMU | |
| Openness and provenance | |||
| Openness bar | |||
| Openness score | 30/ 100 | 30/ 100 | = |
| CAD (25) | not public | not public | |
| Bill of materials (20) | not public | not public | |
| Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20) | public | public | |
| Firmware (15) | not public | not public | |
| Software (10) | public | public | |
| Trained policies (10) | not public | not public | |
| Verification level (differs) | L1 | L2 | |
| Sources | 2 | 2 | |
| Last checked | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-24 | |
A dash is an unsourced figure, not zero. Sources for each robot are listed on its spec sheet: Booster K1, TALOS.
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