Video: Chinese humanoid robot picks up tennis balls like a human

The article highlights a new video from Chinese robotics company LimX Dynamics showcasing their humanoid robot, Oli, autonomously picking up tennis balls with human-like dexterity and balance. Without any remote control or motion-capture assistance, Oli visually tracks and retrieves tennis balls scattered on the floor, demonstrating real-time perception, adaptive locomotion, and precise manipulation. The robot repeatedly collects and deposits the balls into a basket, maintaining stable gait and fluid motion throughout the task, underscoring its advanced embodied intelligence and autonomous capabilities. Oli stands 165 cm tall, weighs 55 kg, and features 31 degrees of freedom, enabling fine motor control and agile movements such as bending, reaching, and grasping. Its modular design supports quick reconfiguration for research and development. Equipped with multi-sensor fusion—including IMUs and Intel RealSense depth cameras—Oli achieves 3D spatial awareness and object recognition critical for dynamic environments. The platform also offers extensive connectivity, development tools, and simulation support to facilitate