Huawei Hami Invests in a 98 PhD Founder! Makes Robot Skin Change Color, Team Average Age 23

Shitai Robotics, a Shenzhen-based company founded by a 1998 PhD graduate, has raised angel funding including Huawei Hami Investment. The company is developing a flexible electronic skin using photonic crystal materials that change color under pressure, aiming to improve robotic tactile sensing. The team, averaging 23 years old, is working on integrating this technology into robotic systems for complex manipulation tasks.