Troy Tyrell | Founder of Tsquared Personal Training, Vancouver | May 9, 2025

VANCOUVER, BC — Move over Messi—there’s a new kind of footballer in town, and it doesn’t even sweat.

Booster Robotics’ T1 humanoid robot hit the pitch yesterday at the Pacific Tech Arena, stunning onlookers with a high-energy, AI-powered soccer debut that left both programmers and players shaking their heads in awe—and maybe a little fear. Built for research and real-world applications, T1 showed it’s got the moves, the muscle, and the machine learning to make magic on the field.

At 118 cm tall with 23 degrees of freedom, a 14-core i7 processor, and an NVIDIA AGX Orin that spits out 200 trillion operations per second, this robot isn’t just kicking soccer balls—it’s kicking open the doors to the future of athletics and automation.

The crowd went wild when T1 nailed a penalty shot with laser-guided precision. It then proceeded to execute a celebratory backflip (because why not?) and a dab—just to let us know the robots are watching TikTok, too.

“This is what happens when biomechanics meets machine logic,” I said, watching the bot dodge defenders like it was born to pivot. “I train humans to move better—this thing was literally engineered to move perfectly.”

T1’s sensors—Realsense D455 depth cams, IMU, and a microphone array—allowed it to track the ball and players with more awareness than some amateur league midfielders I’ve seen on Sunday mornings. It’s like giving C-3PO an athlete's body and turning it loose on a mission to nutmeg the opposition.

Booster Robotics plans to open-source T1’s movement patterns, encouraging devs to train it in everything from tactical evasion to feinting a foul (which it’s apparently practicing next—yes, it’s learning to act).

As a personal trainer with two decades of experience helping people move more functionally, I couldn’t help but be impressed. The real question now? Can it master the warmup stretch, and does it complain about leg day?

Here’s a look at the T1 showing off its skills:

Watch T1 Humanoid Robot Play Soccer:
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For more on the T1 robot and cutting-edge AI-fitness crossovers, check out Booster Robotics or visit me at Tsquared Personal Training.

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