LimX Dynamics’ OLi Achieves True Whole-Body Autonomy

Hangzhou-based robotics company LimX Dynamics has once again pushed the boundaries of embodied intelligence with its latest demonstration of the OLi humanoid robot performing a fully autonomous task chain — a major step toward general-purpose humanoid capability.

In the demo, OLi independently identified, tracked, retrieved, and placed a tennis ball — all without motion-capture input or remote control. The robot executed the entire process through Whole-Body Loco-Manipulation with Active Perception, a cutting-edge system that coordinates locomotion and manipulation across the robot’s entire body. This allowed OLi to walk, bend, squat, and grasp with precision, using its onboard sensors and AI perception to dynamically respond to its environment in real time.

Standing 1.65 meters tall, OLi features 43 degrees of freedom — 31 across its torso, limbs, and neck, and 12 in its dexterous hands, which can track objects across a vertical range of 2 meters and a horizontal range of 1.8 meters.

This achievement highlights LimX Dynamics’ growing reputation as one of China’s leading humanoid robotics innovators. While many humanoids still rely on motion-capture data or operator input, OLi’s performance represents a genuine leap toward full physical autonomy, where robots can observe, reason, and act entirely on their own.

As the global humanoid race accelerates, LimX’s OLi joins the ranks of emerging robots demonstrating the transition from controlled motion to cognitive-driven, self-directed action — a hallmark of the next generation of embodied AI.