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Booster K1 vs Dropbear

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Booster K1 is 85 cm shorter (95 vs 180 cm) and 25.5 kg lighter (19.5 vs 45 kg) than Dropbear. Booster K1 has 10 fewer degrees of freedom (22 vs 32) than Dropbear. Listed prices: Booster K1 $4,999, Dropbear $9,999. Openness score: Booster K1 30, Dropbear 100 (of 100); only Dropbear publishes CAD, BOM, FW and POL. Availability: Booster K1 buy, Dropbear preorder.

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FieldBooster RoboticsBooster K1Hyperspawn RoboticsHyperspawn DropbearΔ first − second
Identity
Maker (differs)Booster RoboticsHyperspawn Robotics
ClassHumanoidHumanoid
StatusActiveActive
Availability (differs)BuyPreorder
Country (differs)ChinaIndia
Year (differs)20252023
Specifications
Height (differs)95cm180cm−85 cm (-47%)
Mass (differs)19.5kg45kg−25.5 kg (-57%)
Degrees of freedom (differs)2232−10 (-31%)
Payload—unsourced5kg
Top speed—unsourced—unsourced
Runtime (differs)40min120min−80 min (-67%)
Battery capacity—unsourced960Wh
Price (differs)4,999USD9,999USD−5,000 USD (-50%)
Actuators (differs)Dual-encoder actuatorsMyActuator RMD-X10, RMD-X8, RMD-X6 and CEM-60 over 1 Mbit/s CAN (18 per the 2026 BOM; myactuator-can lists 12 RMD-X8 Pro, 4 RMD-X10 V3, 6 CEM-60); 6 NEMA 17 lead-screw steppers in the Stewart-platform neck. hyperspawn.ai: servo + QDD.
Compute (differs)NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 8GB (117 TOPS) base; up to 200 TOPS tierNVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin 64GB (BOM; Orin NX 16GB alternative) plus one ESP32-DevKitC-V4 CAN node per limb. Kit: Raspberry Pi 5 base, Jetson Orin advanced.
Sensors (differs)RGB-D camera, 9-axis IMU, microphone arrayIntel RealSense D455f depth camera, IMU (center-IMU controller role), foot load cells (4x HX711 per foot, dropbear-feet), actuator encoders; five AS5600 magnetic angle sensors per leg controller (observation-safe firmware)
Openness and provenance
Openness bar30100
Openness score (differs)30/ 100100/ 100−70
CAD (25) (differs)not publicpublic
Bill of materials (20) (differs)not publicpublic
Sim model (URDF/MJCF) (20)publicpublic
Firmware (15) (differs)not publicpublic
Software (10)publicpublic
Trained policies (10) (differs)not publicpublic
Verification level (differs)L1L2
Sources (differs)216
Last checked (differs)2026-09-242026-09-25
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