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LimX Dynamics · research humanoid

CL-2

LimX's second-generation full-size biped, between the CL-1 and the Oli. New hollow actuators with in-house motors gave its waist and hips a range of motion beyond a human's. Height, weight and DoF were not published.

Price
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Height
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Weight
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Payload
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Speed
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Battery
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Why it matters

A prototype humanoid from LimX Dynamics.

Real-world use

No customers or deployments reported yet.

Timeline

First shown
2024-12
Released
Not yet
LimX demo video (reported late December 2024; heise article 6 Jan 2025)

Maker

LimX DynamicsCompany · founded 2022 · Shenzhen, China

Series A+ 2025 (Alibaba, NIO Capital and others); $200M Series B Jan-Feb 2026 (JD.com, Zhongding, SAIC, NIO Capital); about $200M pre-IPO round 14…

What it has been shown doing

We checked public videos and press for CL-2 and found no clear demo of the skills we track yet.

Public attention

How much public attention CL-2 gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Hands
unknown
Movement
Walks on legs
Actuators & motors
New lighter actuators with a hollow design and LimX's own high-torque electric motors, replacing bought-in motors; they give the waist and hips a range of motion beyond a human's.
AI & software
Whole-body dynamic control shown in a demo video with stable contortion-style movements.
Other details
LimX aims the line at both industry and the home; the CL series later led to the LimX Oli.

Lineage

Every LimX Dynamics humanoid in order.

  1. CL-1CL-12023Prototype
  2. No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useCL-22024Prototype
  3. OliOli2025Commercial
  4. LimX LunaLimX Luna2026Commercial

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Sold or delivered
Development prototype; not sold
Where it is sold or used
Shenzhen, China

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. LimX CL-2 shows extreme waist and hip motion

    heise reported the CL-2's new hollow actuators with in-house motors, which allow stable full-body contortions in a demo video.

    heise online

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

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Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

heise online LimX CL-2 humanoid robot: more stable contortions with new actuators

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