SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At RoboCup 2026, the wo ld’s p emie obotics competitio , teams competi g o Booste Robotics’ huma oid obots swept all champio ship titles ac oss the Small, Middle a d La ge divisio s. This yea , a total of 59 teams f om a ou d the wo ld pa ticipated i RoboCup 2026, 38 of which competed o Booste obots, i cludi g but ot limited to Badge Bots (USA), Bahia Robotics Team (B azil), Be li U ited (Ge ma y), B-Huma (Ge ma y), HTWK Robots (Ge ma y), HULKs (Ge ma y), I ha-U ited (South Ko ea), KURA (UAE), NUbots (Aust alia), Pumas (Mexico), RedbackBots (Aust alia), RFC-Tsuda uma (Japa ), Rhoba (F a ce), RoboEi ea (I ela d), Robo-E ectus (Si gapo e), Ruh bot Devils (Ge ma y), UNSWift (Aust alia), SPQR Team (Italy), Tech U ited (Nethe la ds), UT Austi Villa (USA), whIRLwi d Amste dam (Nethe la ds), a d othe s.
La ge Divisio : Champio , Tsi ghua Hephaestus; Ru e -up, CAU Mou tai &Sea; Thi d place, BISTU Wate . All competed o Booste T1.Middle Divisio : Champio , B-Huma ; Ru e -up, HTWK Robots; Thi d place, Rhoba . All competed o Booste K1.Small Divisio : Champio , I vic; Ru e -up, Hambu g Bit-Bots; Thi d place, GeoHBots. I vic a d GeoHBots competed o Booste K1 Ai .
This widesp ead adoptio sig als a fu dame tal shift i what obotics competitio s measu e, f om “who ca build the obot” to “who ca make the obot sma te .” I past yea s, teams spe t much of thei R&D esou ces buildi g the obot itself f om sc atch, with sig ifica t effo t goi g i to mecha ical desig , ha dwa e developme t, a d basic locomotio co t ol. This yea ma ked a clea i flectio poi t: leadi g teams focused almost e ti ely o pushi g the bou da ies of pe ceptio , eal-time decisio -maki g, a d multi-age t coo di atio , while Booste Robotics se ved as the u de lyi g platfo m, co ti ui g to adva ce the obots’ co e leg a d foot locomotio capabilities, imp ovi g eliability i high-speed u i g, sudde stops a d tu s, fall ecove y, a d sustai ed motio . This sepa atio of ha dwa e a d softwa e lets complex code pe fo m eliably i the eal wo ld.
Booste Robotics ece tly lau ched Booste Studio, the wo ld’s fi st i teg ated developme t e vi o me t (IDE) built fo embodied i tellige ce, givi g e gi ee s, esea che s, a d develope s wo ldwide a u ified platfo m to p og am, simulate, a d deploy huma oid obot behavio s mo e efficie tly. At the same time, the compa y officially lau ched the Booste Champio 3v3 Socce Tou ame t (champio .booste .tech/?la g=e ), i viti g develope s a d embodied i tellige ce e thusiasts a ou d the wo ld to compete, collabo ate, a d help build the futu e of embodied i tellige ce togethe . The competitio will expa d i to mo e eal-wo ld sce a ios goi g fo wa d.
O e of the you gest teams at RoboCup 2026 was f om Pui Chi g Middle School (Macau). Usi g Booste Studio, these you g develope s we e able to develop, t ai , a d validate thei algo ithms i a highly ealistic digital e vi o me t befo e seamlessly deployi g them o to eal obots. F om top esea ch u ive sities a d leadi g labs to eve yday develope s a d stude t teams, a ope , sha ed ecosystem fo embodied i tellige ce developme t is taki g shape.
Booste Robotics is a huma oid obotics compa y dedicated to b i gi g embodied i tellige ce i to eal-wo ld deployme t. At RoboCup 2026, teams competi g o Booste obots swept eve y champio ship title ac oss the Small, Middle, a d La ge divisio s, exte di g Booste ‘s tech ical leade ship i huma oid obotics. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit booste .tech. To lea mo e about Booste Studio, go to studio.booste .tech.
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