Zach, ex-Tesla engineer, joins Xiaomi to lead robotics development, enhancing dexterous-hand technology and expanding their robotics team.
On November 26, Former Tesla Optimus dexterous-hand team member Zach confirmed that he has joined Xiaomi’s robotics division, where he will lead research and development for dexterous robotic hands.
Zach said on social media that he hopes to work with industry peers to accelerate convergence in dexterous-hand technology and push toward scalable engineering deployment.
Xiaomi has stepped up activity in the embodied intelligence space. Just one week earlier, the company announced the full open-source release of its MiMo-Embodied large embodied-model.
It is designed to address knowledge transfer barriers between autonomous driving and embodied operation scenarios.
According to Xiaomi, the model outperformed existing domain-specific and general-purpose models across 29 benchmark tests covering autonomous driving and embodied intelligence, achieving SOTA cross-domain performance.
Meanwhile, Xiaomi is rapidly expanding its robotics team. Currently, the company lists 257 open positions related to robotics, including 12 roles focused on dexterous-hand development, spanning robotic hand design, robotics simulation engineering, and embodied grasping and manipulation algorithms.
On November 12, AI researcher Luo Fuli, often referred to as a rising star in AI, announced that she has joined Xiaomi, saying she aims to help build “an intelligent future that bridges language and the physical world.”
Xiaomi began exploring robotics four years ago. In August 2021, the company established its Robotics Lab focused on bionic robotics R&D.
One month later, then–Xiaomi Vice President Cui Baoqiu proposed establishing an open-source robotics community to promote technical collaboration.
Previous reports claimed that Xiaomi’s humanoid robot CyberOne had already begun phased deployment on E-Town production lines and would soon disclose mass-production progress and open-site tours. Xiaomi later denied the reports.
Beyond CyberOne, Xiaomi also offers the quadruped bionic robot CyberDog, first unveiled on August 10, 2021, at the Xiaomi MIX4 launch, priced at RMB 9,999 ($1,411).
On August 14, 2023, the company released CyberDog 2, priced at RMB 12,999 ($1,835).
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