Robots/Parts/Software

Booster Robotics SDK

Booster Robotics' free toolkit for programming its humanoid robots. Developers can give simple commands, such as telling the robot to walk, or work at a lower level, reading sensors and controlling joints directly. It comes as a C++ package on GitHub with a separate Python version. Booster says the T2 gives developers high- and low-level SDK access, but the repository does not name the T2.

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robots in the database: Booster
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brain layer: Free
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Key numbers

Made by: Booster Robotics
Languages: C++, with a Python version installed separately
Runs on: Ubuntu 22.04, on Arm or Intel-style computers
Built on: Fast DDS, a common system for passing messages between robot programs
What is included: header files, a ready-built library and example programs
Licence: Apache 2.0, an open licence that allows commercial use

Source: GitHub, BoosterRobotics/booster_robotics_sdk (github.com)

Price guide

Listed price

Free

Free to download under the Apache 2.0 licence. It only does something useful with a Booster robot.

Where to buy

Source: GitHub, BoosterRobotics/booster_robotics_sdk, LICENSE (github.com)

Strengths and trade-offs

Our analysis

Strengths

Free, under an open licence that allows commercial use.

Offers both simple commands and full low-level control.

Works from both C++ and Python.

Comes with example programs.

Trade-offs

The core is supplied as a ready-built library, so its inner workings cannot be read.

Only works with Booster robots.

Short documentation in the repository itself.

The repository does not say which robots, such as the T2, it supports.

Why robot makers choose it

Our read

Booster sells its robots to universities, robot football teams and developers who want to write their own software. A free toolkit with both simple and detailed control lets them start quickly and go deep when they need to.

This is our reasoning from the public facts. No maker has confirmed it.

Robots using it

Booster T2LikelyHumanoid, all versionsBooster says the T2 gives developers high- and low-level SDK access. Booster's public SDK is the Booster Robotics SDK on GitHub, but that repository does not name the T2.

This list covers only the robots researched so far. A robot missing here may still use this part.

Numbers and listed prices on this page come from the sources shown. Anything marked as our analysis, our read or our estimate is our own view and has not been confirmed by any company. Last checked 15 Oct 2026. How we verify