A Chinese team wins RoboCup AdultSize for the first time, on a shared robot
Tsinghua and China Agricultural University met in the 2025 final, both on Booster T1 robots.
Desk report · Published · The Humanoid Race
The 2025 RoboCup Humanoid League took place in Salvador, Brazil. Xinhua reports that Tsinghua University won the AdultSize category with Booster T1 robots, the first time a Chinese team has done so since the tournament began in 1997, beating a team from the University of Texas on the way and China Agricultural University in the final.
A detail that matters for readers tracking the best robot: both finalists used the same Booster T1 platform. A league where many teams run identical hardware says more about software, perception and strategy than about which robot is physically best. We therefore list the winning team and its platform, and we do not rank the T1 against other robots from this result.
The RoboCup Humanoid League's own results page confirms the AdultSize placings: Tsinghua Hephaestus first and CAU Mountain&Sea second. The chart preserves those team identities rather than treating the two finishes as independent wins by different robot models.