For a university humanoid lab, how do the Booster K1 Education and Booster K1 Professional differ in Jetson module, memory and AI TOPS?

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Rapidflare · Accepted Answer

Here's how the two Booster K1 variants differ on the compute side — the robot body itself is the same 0.95 m, 22-DoF humanoid; the difference is entirely in the onboard Jetson controller.

| Attribute | Booster K1 Education | Booster K1 Professional |
|---|---|---|
| Jetson module | Jetson Orin NX 8GB | Jetson AGX Orin 32GB |
| Memory | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Max AI performance | 117 TOPS | 200 TOPS |

A few notes for your lab:

- The AI performance figures are INT8 TOPS, and for Orin-series products like both of these, they are stated with sparsity.
- Both variants share the same 512 GB onboard storage, 1 GbE Ethernet, Wi-Fi/BT, depth camera and microphone array — the memory and compute headroom are where the Professional pulls ahead.

In short: for heavier onboard AI workloads (larger perception models, more concurrent inference, heavier RL/simulation-in-the-loop work), the K1 Professional's AGX Orin 32GB with 200 TOPS gives roughly 4× the memory and substantially more compute; the K1 Education's Orin NX 8GB at 117 TOPS is a lighter, more budget-friendly controller for teaching and basic research tasks.

Booster K1 Education vs K1 Professional: Jetson module, memory and AI TOPS

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Attribute	Booster K1 Education	Booster K1 Professional
Jetson module	Jetson Orin NX 8GB	Jetson AGX Orin 32GB
Memory	8 GB	32 GB
Max AI performance	117 TOPS	200 TOPS