Lai Jie, who is in his late 30s, is founder and chief executive of Astribot, a developer of humanoid robots that can vacuum and make waffles. The embodied AI company says its S1 robot has operating parameters “comparable to those of an adult male” and touts its...
...ability to pour tea and fold laundry. Lai founded Astribot in Shenzhen in 2022 after leading robotics teams at tech giants Baidu and Tencent. He holds a master’s from Wuyi University.
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