Mingguo Zhao
赵明国
Mingguo Zhao is a professor at Tsinghua University's Department of Automation, where he has conducted robotics research since 2000, and also serves as chief scientist at Booster Robotics, a humanoid-robot startup whose pre-A round was led by Source Code Capital in 2024 . Per a Source Code Capital interview, he previously headed UBTECH's Beijing research institute and collaborated with Baidu's autonomous-driving team as early as 2014 . His academic role includes directing the Brain-Inspired Robotics Center at Tsinghua's Robot Control Laboratory and Unmanned Systems Center .elsewhere's corpus does not contain deeper biographical detail on Zhao.
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Coverage
Interview: Tsinghua's Zhao Mingguo on Two Decades of Humanoid Robot Research, From Lone Pioneer to a Crowded Field
A scholar's near-obsessive dedication to their research career
Code View | Booster Robotics: When the Starting Gun Fires, Stand Shoulder to Shoulder with the Robotics Giants
Booster Robotics Raises Tens of Millions of RMB in Pre-A Round Led by Source Code Capital
The proceeds from this round will go toward small-batch production and market expansion, talent recruitment, and ongoing R&D iterations.
