[Veco Cup] Zhou Jiaji, founder and CEO of Xingyuanzhe Technology, is nominated for the "Veco Cup OFweek 2023 China Robotics Industry Person of the Year Award"

OFweek Cup · OFweek 2023 China Robot Industry Annual Selection (abbreviated as OFweek Robot Awards 2023) is jointly organized by OFweek, China's high-tech industry portal, and its authoritative robot professional media - OFweek Robot. This selection is a major brand event in China's robot industry and one of the most professional and influential selections in the high-tech industry.

The event aims to build a brand communication and display platform for products, technologies and companies in the robotics industry, and leverage the resources and influence of the OFweek platform to promote innovative products and solutions to industry users and the market, encouraging more companies to invest in technological innovation; at the same time, it will deliver more innovative products and cutting-edge technologies to the industry, and together imagine the future of the robotics industry.

The OFweek Robot Awards 2023, the annual selection of China's robot industry, will enter the online voting stage from February 20 to March 20, 2024, and the award ceremony will be held in Shenzhen on April 18. At present, the event is in the hot stage of enterprise application, and enterprises in the industry have responded positively.

Zhou Jiaji, founder and CEO of Xingyuanzhe Technology, is nominated for the "Veco Cup OFweek 2023 China Robotics Industry Person of the Year Award"

Award: Veken Cup OFweek 2023 China Robotics Industry Person of the Year Award

Name of the reviewer: Zhou Jiaji

Position of the candidate: Founder, CEO

Brief introduction of the reviewers:

PhD in Robotics Institute at CMU, studied under Matthew T. Mason (a top scientist in the field of robotics) and James Bagnell (founder of Aurora, a listed self-driving car company); won the 2016 ICRA (the world's top robotics academic conference) Best Paper Award, ranking in the top 0.05% in the world, and is the third Chinese to win the award as the first author in the 30 years since the conference was founded; worked on AI software algorithms at Waymo, Toyota Research Institute and Microsoft Research Asia, and founded Xingyuanzhe Technology in 2018.

Company Introduction:

XYZ Robotics is committed to promoting fully autonomous perception and flexible operation of robots. The company focuses on the research and development of 3D vision and robotic products. Relying on standard software platforms, it provides solutions such as palletizing, loading and unloading, deep basket loading and unloading, and assembly, which are widely used in the fields of automobiles, logistics, and medicine. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Shanghai and its business covers the world. With its leading market share in the market segment and continuous technological innovation driving force, XYZ Robotics has completed a total of US$100 million in financing and has been rated as a national-level specialized, innovative, and potential unicorn enterprise.

Reasons for participation:

Academic achievements: Won the 2016 ICRA (the world's top robotics academic conference) Best Paper Award (1/2357) as the first author; published a total of 7 papers in top robotics and machine learning conferences such as RSS, ICRA, IROS, ISRR, ISER, ICML, etc.; published two papers in the International Journal of Robotics Research, the journal with the highest impact factor in robotics, as the first author. As of 2023, more than 20 robotics-related innovation patents have been obtained.

Industry Contribution: In the five years since its establishment, he has led Xingyuanzhe Technology to achieve multiple "from 0 to 1" innovations: pioneering the world's first registration-free visual-guided high-speed fixture quick-change technology, implementing China's first logistics small-piece picking application, launching China's first teaching-free motion planning function, and leading the company to release the world's first dual-arm loading and unloading vehicle solution in 2023.

Currently, the company's business covers the world, and more than 3,000 visual applications have been implemented.

He has outstanding academic achievements. As the CEO of Xingyuanzhe Technology, he has been deeply involved in the business front line, proposed solutions for practical application pain points, and led the company to innovate. In 2023, he released several products such as robot loading and unloading solutions, self-developed 3D cameras, and self-developed software system Studio Max. He has a certain influence in China's scientific and technological innovation field: he was selected as the 2022 OFweek Newcomer of the Year and the 2022 Science and Technology Innovation Elite List. He was selected as the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan, Shanghai Morning Star Plan, and Shanghai Youth Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Pioneer (Nominee).

Voting time:

The voting for this year's "OFweek Robot Awards 2023" event will begin on February 20. Please pay attention to the robot-related selection news on Veken.com and you are welcome to vote.