Event Recruitment | Aug. 20 WRC Gathering: What’s Still Missing in Embodied Artificial Intelligence?

Models are getting smarter, but what's still missing for embodied AI? — A more powerful "brain"? A more agile "body"? Or the last mile from lab to real world?

The 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) kicks off August 19 in Beijing. To mark the occasion, Source Code Capital is teaming up with ecosystem partners — Hai talent platform, EID Embodied AI Innovation Center, and Volcano Engine's V-START startup accelerator — to host "2026 WRC After Hours" on the evening of August 20 at 7:00 PM.

No grand narratives, no one-way lectures. We're bringing frontline entrepreneurs, researchers, and product builders in embodied AI to talk real progress — and the problems that still haven't been solved.

Confirmed open-mic speakers include:

Han Guang · Managing Director, Source Code Capital;

Zhizheng Zhang · Co-founder & Head of Large Models, Galaxy Universal;

Zheng Zhu · Co-founder & Chief Scientist, GigaView;

Wei Pan · Professor at Newcastle University, Chief Scientist at ZhiShen Technology;

Pipi Hu · Founder of Qiuli Intelligent Technology, former researcher at Microsoft Research Asia;

They'll share perspectives from entrepreneurship, technology, research, and industry practice on what's still needed for embodied AI to go from "increasingly smart" to "actually usable."

Whether you're already building, about to start, or pushing embodied AI forward from the R&D and product frontlines — come join the conversation, and feel free to take the mic yourself. Limited spots available; scan the QR code to register. See you on 8/20.