Chinese robotics company MagicLab showcased its humanoid MagicBot Z1 performing backflips, martial arts moves, dancing, and even dodging arrows, highlighting impressive agility and balance.

The 1.4-meter, 40-kg robot features up to 50 degrees of freedom, high-torque joints, 3D LiDAR and vision sensors, and can carry up to 3 kg per arm while walking at 2.5 m/s and climbing obstacles.

MagicBot Z1 also demonstrated industrial potential, such as pulling a cart carrying 551 pounds and performing tasks like inspection and material handling in factory scenarios.

While the robot shows significant progress in locomotion, control, and human-robot interaction, it remains behind industry leaders like Boston Dynamics’ Atlas and Unitree in terms of commercial deployment, Interesting Engineering has reported.

MagicLab positions Z1 as a promising contender in the evolving humanoid industrial market, still early in its commercialization journey.