Leng Xiaokun, born in 1992, is founder and chairman of Leju Robotics. The Shenzhen-based embodied AI company makes humanoids that can man toll gates or work on assembly lines, as well as robots designed to work in hospitals and move heavy objects.
This year Leng, a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Youth League, won the May 4th Medal, the party’s highest cross-disciplinary prize for people under 40. He started Leju in Shenzhen in 2016 and holds a doctorate from the Harbin Institute of Technology.
