Former ByteDance robotics head Kong Tao joins Xiaomi for robot AI
Kong Tao joined Xiaomi in 2025 with several former ByteDance colleagues, leading a foundation-model team within Xiaomi's roughly 200-person robotics division. Xiaomi has released its Xiaomi-Robotics-1 foundation model and is testing humanoid robots in manufacturing environments.
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