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From "World Champion" to "Tens of Millions in Orders" — An Evolutionary Example of an OPC Case

Case introduction

Shadow Energy

Team size: 8 people
Industry track: Embodied Intelligence

The core founder is a Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), currently serving as the Director of the Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute, and holding dual appointments as a professor in both the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Shadow Energy case

Case summary

Focused on the R&D of emotional companion robots, proposing the technical roadmap of "endoskeleton core + companion large model + emotional companionship", developing a new generation of robots with locomotion, perception, memory, interaction, and emotional companionship capabilities, targeting scenarios such as young people living alone, elderly companionship, and rehabilitation care.

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