LimX Dynamics CL-1

LimX Dynamics' full-size humanoid prototype, unveiled in late 2023, known for climbing stairs by sensing terrain in real time.

CL-1 is a full-size humanoid robot from Shenzhen-based LimX Dynamics, which first released video of it in dynamic testing on December 28, 2023. The company says CL-1 closes the loop from real-time terrain perception through gait planning to whole-body control, letting it climb stairs step by step based on what its cameras see, descend slopes of about 15 degrees, and walk both indoors and outdoors — reportedly China's first humanoid robot to climb stairs dynamically using real-time terrain perception. At the 2024 World Robot Conference, CL-1 also demonstrated mobile-manipulation tasks such as weighted squats between shelves and carrying goods, alongside the reveal of the next-generation CL-2. LimX Dynamics has not published CL-1's full height or degrees-of-freedom specs. CL-1 was an early prototype in the company's humanoid line, which later evolved into the research-oriented full-size humanoid Oli, and stands as an early example of “perceptive locomotion” — adjusting footholds while reading the terrain — being deployed on a humanoid platform.

ExampleIn the video LimX Dynamics released in late 2023, CL-1 senses each step in real time and climbs a staircase one step at a time, then walks down a roughly 15-degree slope.

Also called

CL-1

Related

LimX Dynamics · Humanoid Robot · Perceptive Locomotion · LimX Dynamics Oli · Full-size Humanoid Robot · Loco-manipulation

Sources

逐际动力首次公开人形机器人 CL-1 动态测试（逐际动力新闻中心） (Chinese)
逐际动力 CL-1 实现能力升级，新一代全尺寸人形机器人 CL-2 公开亮相（IT之家） (Chinese)

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2024-08