China is light years ahead in building humanoid robots. The Asian giant has models that are capable of replicating microgestures to make the interaction as realistic as possible, others have even learned kung fu.
Lingxi X2 is more than a robot that can jump or walk in the style of Optimus by Elon Musk. The Agibot company is behind one of the most promising models, it has extreme mobility.
Agibot teaches martial arts to his robot
China has forgotten about demonstrations with humanoid robots overcoming obstacles or climbing stairs, they have shown their full potential. Agibot has taught Lingxi X2 martial arts.
Agibot’s humanoid robot He has practiced kung fu moves at China’s historic Shaolin Templea place with a centuries-old tradition in martial arts. The demonstration took place on February 7 with a video that quickly went viral on social networks.
Some people who witnessed the demonstration couldn’t believe it. The audience was divided between excitement and fear with a humanoid robot extremely precise in its movements.
The video shows Agibot’s humanoid robots performing kung fu movements with balance, speed and precision surprising for a machine. Lingxi X2 has practiced since March 2025at which time this general-purpose model was introduced.
Agibot even published a video in May 2025 in which the robot performed a Webster Flip, a very difficult gymnastics movement with a forward somersault with takeoff with the back leg. Lingxi X2 had amazing control even in the air, it could surpass the technique of many martial arts fans.
The AI behind the humanoid robot brain
Lingxi X2 moves and thinks with surprising speed and precision for a machine. Its Genie Operator-1 AI model, known as Go-1, is behind this humanoid robot.
Agibot has made Lingxi X2 able to recognize objects and perform basic tasks without prior training, from sorting packages by size to remembering the route from home to work.
Furthermore, humanoid robots can coordinate with each other as Agibot has demonstrated. Artificial intelligence allows the X2 to learn, plan and execute tasks in real environments, too It is able to understand human movement with past and current images.