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Former ByteDance Robotics Lead Kong Tao Joins Xiaomi, Responsible for Base Model Research and Development
前字节跳动机器人团队负责人孔涛加入小米，负责基础模型研发
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- Kong Tao, the former head of ByteDance's robotics team, has joined Xiaomi.
- He is now the head of Xiaomi's robotics foundation model team.
- Kong Tao joined Xiaomi in the summer of 2025 and brought along several former ByteDance employees.
- Xiaomi's robotics business unit currently has about 200 employees.
- The research directions of the unit cover robot body, 'cerebellum', 'brain', and operating system.
PANews August 9 news, according to 21st Century Business Herald confirmed from multiple independent sources, former ByteDance robotics team head Kong Tao has joined Xiaomi, now serving as head of Xiaomi’s robotics foundation model team.
Informed sources said Kong Tao joined Xiaomi in the summer of 2025 and brought along several former ByteDance employees.
Currently, Xiaomi’s robotics business unit has about 200 people, whose research directions cover the robot body, 'cerebellum', 'brain', and operating system, among others.
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前字节跳动机器人团队负责人孔涛加入小米，负责基础模型研发
PANews 8月9日报道，根据《21世纪经济报道》从多个独立来源确认，前字节跳动机器人团队负责人孔涛已加入小米，目前担任小米机器人基础模型团队负责人。
知情人士表示，孔涛于2025年夏季加入小米，并带来了几位前字节跳动员工。
目前，小米的机器人业务部门约有200人，研究方向涵盖机器人身体、'小脑'、'大脑'和操作系统等。
Original reporting: panewslab.com. StarLive rewrote this story in its own words, preserving the facts; the full third-party article is not reproduced. AI-generated · market intelligence, not financial advice.
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