Humanoid robots danced, played soccer and flipped themselves upright on the field at The Grauer School in Encinitas after the school's Shockwave robotics team brought in a live demonstration from Booster Robotics.
Brian Jin of Booster Robotics led the demonstration, introducing students to the company's smaller K1 robot and the larger T2 model, according to a post on the school's website published Tuesday, Oct. 13. Some students got hands-on time, remotely operating the K1 on the field using a joystick controller.
The event was part of the team's outreach to promote robotics and STEM in the community, Shockwave coach Morgan Brown said in the school's post.
The K1 stands about 95 centimeters tall and weighs approximately 19.5 kilograms. It won the RoboCup 2025 KidSize league championship, where both finalist teams competed on identical K1 hardware, according to Robots International. Booster Robotics, a Beijing-based company founded in 2023, has shipped more than 700 humanoid units to clients in over 20 countries, the site states.
The T2 is the company's larger flagship model, launched in July 2026 as a development platform for embodied artificial intelligence.
Shockwave Robotics competes each year in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), a national robotics competition. The team has attended the FTC World Championship five times, according to the school's STEM page.
The squad earned a trip to the San Diego Regional Championship in February 2026 after winning the Think Award at league championships held at Sage Creek High School, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Shockwave squared off against 21 other teams that day, winning four matches and dropping two. The team was selected to join the sixth-ranked alliance for playoffs, where it won its opening round before being eliminated.
The Think Award recognized the team's 15-page engineering portfolio documenting its design process throughout the season.
Beyond competitions, Shockwave conducts outreach at local elementary and middle schools and at street fairs across the San Diego region. All Grauer high school students are welcome to join the team.
