Harbin Institute of Technology announced on Tuesday that a ten-member research team consisting of teachers and students in the university has made a new intelligent robot that can conduct standard gymnastic moves practiced in Chinese schools.

The new robot, named Xiaoluobotou, which means a small radish, is about 31centimeters high and weighs about 1.6 kilograms.

The robot is powered by 16 electric motors, with a control panel on its back. Using computers, controllers can send commands to the robot through Bluetooth devices on the robot.

A doctoral student Zhong Qiubo said that the research team first decomposed the exercises into sub-actions and gestures to input into the robot.

Now, the robot can do most actions of current standard gymnastic moves, except jumping actions because of its less powerful torque motors.