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Chen Hao
A Shanghai Jiao Tong PhD candidate building flapping-wing robot birds so lifelike that real birds follow them in flight.
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Who he is
Chen Hao is a Shanghai Jiao Tong PhD candidate with four top-journal papers and a team of fellow post-00s. Instead of quadruped or humanoid robots, his company builds ornithopter robots — flapping-wing machines so lifelike that real birds follow them in flight.
His edge is simulation-first engineering. A self-built fluid-simulation engine lets his robot birds "learn" to fly through reinforcement learning before ever touching hardware — collapsing the cost and risk of physical flight testing.
Why he matters
Chen founded the first company focused on embodied-intelligence ornithopter robots, opening a lane most of the industry ignores. Quiet, safe and biomimetic, robot birds point to a future where robots do not just walk or fly — they blend into the natural environment.
Key facts
- Credentials: Shanghai Jiao Tong PhD candidate, four top-journal papers.
- Product: Flapping-wing robot birds that real birds follow.
- Method: RL training in a self-built fluid-simulation engine before hardware.
- First: First company focused on embodied-intelligence ornithopter robots.
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