Booster K1 Explorer Edition Humanoid Robot Goes on Sale for 38,999 Yuan

Summary

Acceleration Evolution has started selling the Booster K1 Explorer Edition humanoid robot, with a listed JD.com price of 38,999 yuan. It is positioned as an entry-level complete machine for embodied-intelligence development and is aimed at developers who want to experiment with the hardware themselves. The robot is about 95 centimeters tall and weighs approximately 19.5 kilograms, with 22 degrees of freedom in a compact form that one person can carry and place on a desk. Its perception and interaction hardware includes a stereo depth camera, a ring-shaped three-microphone array and a speaker. The included Doubao large model provides ready-to-use voice conversation and semantic understanding. For development, the robot has 48 TOPS of dense computing power and an open API for customization and DIY projects. OTA updates are also supported, allowing the system to continue receiving upgrades. The article presents its price and openness as a way to make an embodied-intelligence development platform available in a more compact, home-accessible form than the much more expensive platforms described in the article.