1. Company Overview
Founded in August 2023, Beijing Robot Era Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of humanoid robots and embodied agents. The company was incubated by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences of Tsinghua University and became the only humanoid robot enterprise held by Tsinghua University. The founder, Professor Chen Jianyu, is not only an assistant professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University, but also a cutting-edge scholar in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence, with more than 10 years of experience in robotics and AI research and development, under the supervision of Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka, a member of the American Academy of Engineering.
Robot Era is determined to promote the self-reliance and self-improvement of national core science and technology, and is committed to creating a "native universal embodied agent", giving robots the most versatile and native way to interact with the physical world. The company's vision is to let robots enter tens of millions of homes and open a new era of robots.
Figure: Beijing Robot Era Technology Co., Ltd., the original universal embodied intelligence definer
2. Technical Capabilities & Products
Robot Era has a high-level team from the world's top universities and Fortune 500 companies, with R&D personnel accounting for more than 80%. The team has published more than 50 high-quality papers in the field of robot AI, and has been shortlisted for many top international conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, CRA, ROS, etc., and some of the results have won the international best paper award. The company's technology covers the full stack of software and hardware of humanoid robots, including embodied intelligent algorithms, autonomous planning and control, and multi-degree-of-freedom dexterous hand design.
Pictured: Robot Era Dexterity Hand XHAND1
Representative products include:
* STAR1: The first product-level high-performance humanoid robot, with the ability to adapt to multiple scenarios such as running and mountain cross-country, successfully completing the challenge of crossing the mountains, grasslands, Gobi and highways in the Hexi Corridor.
* STAR XHAND1: fully self-developed 12 degrees of freedom full drive dexterous hand to achieve high-precision operation.
* STAR M1, STAR W1 and other robots, covering different application needs.
The company's technological innovation continues, and its products have won the Technological Breakthrough Award, Intelligent Innovation Award and Investment Value Award at the World Robot Conference, the China Robot Industry Annual Conference and the World Robot Expo for many times.
Figure: The current main products and technologies of Robot Era
3. Global Services & Supply Chain
As a technology-driven innovation enterprise, Robot Era relies on Tsinghua University and international academic resources to build a complete software and hardware R&D and engineering implementation system. Headquartered in Tsinghua Science and Technology Park, Haidian District, Beijing, the company uses high-quality scientific research environment and industrial chain resources to ensure the efficient collaboration of product supply chain from design and development to mass production.
The company connects with the international market through multiple channels, is active in the global robot and artificial intelligence industry ecology, actively expands overseas cooperation and applications, and is committed to making high-performance robots go to more application scenarios and serve global users.
4. Enterprise Advantage
* Profound academic background and innovative strength: Incubated by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences of Tsinghua University, the founders and core team are all top experts in the field of robotics and AI.
* Strong R&D team: Team members come from Tsinghua University, Peking University, University of California, Berkeley, National University of Singapore and other well-known universities and Fortune 500 companies, with rich cross-field software and hardware development capabilities.
* Leading technological achievements: It has a number of self-developed core technologies, including humanoid robot full drive system, dexterous hand control, multi-modal perception and planning.
* Both practicality and innovation: STAR1 humanoid robot has industry-leading movement ability and environmental adaptability, and XHAND1 dexterous hands achieve fine operation to meet diverse application needs.
* Market recognition and capital support: Since its establishment, it has received more than 100 million yuan in angel rounds and nearly 300 million yuan in Pre-A round financing, and has won many industry awards, winning high recognition from capital and the market.
Beijing Robot Era Technology Co., Ltd. is standing at the forefront of robotics and agent technology, continuing to promote technological breakthroughs and application implementation, and is committed to creating a new era of robots and integrating robot intelligent services into thousands of households.
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