Who We Are

Dominick Lee

At the age of 8, he borrowed programming books from his uncle and taught himself multiple programming languages. During his middle school and university years, he founded a robotics club and passionately excelled in mentoring students to build robots.The inventor is Dominick Lee who owns different patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and graduated from Purdue University, a top ten U.S. university in technology. He is supported by Purdue scientists as well as experts in different fields.

Joy(Zhiqiu) Xiao

Joy is a software engineer and also an entrepreneur in the field of K12 robotics education, with a background in computer science. Her passion lies in bringing high technology and robotics programming to K12 students, igniting their enthusiasm for learning and self-motivated discovery. She founded Little Fire Robot Academy with a mission to create an engaging STEM learning environment for children, nurturing their creativity and problem-solving skills. Through her mission and work, Joy is paving the way for the next generation of innovators and scientists.

Yanfeng Liu

Software engineer at Google, graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is passionate about contributing to open source projects and continually explores avenues for more effective education methods.

Albert Hu, PHD

In recent years, Dr. Hu has devoted his time to helping disadvantaged students of downtown San Francisco as his way of giving back to the community, and paying it forward to the next generation. Dr. Hu received his Ph.D. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the area of Bayesian Learning and Optimization of Semiconductor Processes. The IEEE journal publication from his Ph.D. thesis, as ranked by Google Scholar, is the most cited in its subject area in the past 25 years. Dr. Hu also received two executive education certificates from Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB); one on EPGC (Executive Program for Growing Companies), the other on Negotiation and Influence Strategy.

Sean Xu

Collaborative and motivated Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s degree from Berkeley and experience designing, analyzing, and implementing controllers using Model Predictive Control and debugging closed-loop feedback systems. Skilled in motor control and firmware development. Mentors junior engineers and trains technical team members to problem-solve and commit to timely delivery. Develops prototypes, tests, performs failure, and solution validation. Prioritizes activities based on business goals and customer impact.

Xing Zhang

Software engineer of Amazon, During his Ph.D. at Binghamton University, he co-developed the first Spontaneous 3D dynamic facial expression database. His professional journey has included an enriching internship at DreamWorks Animation and pioneering work in augmented reality (AR) at Amazon and Mage Inc. This work ranged from creating AR applications to exploring interactive AR features, like hand-based manipulation of virtual objects.

Kun Qian (Queenie)

PhD Candidate in Science

Kun is an avid pursuer of knowledge and truth. She is also a visionary dreamer. Her interests encompass a diverse range of subjects, and her wealth of teaching experience spans several years. Her ambitions are focused on making meaningful contributions towards fostering a compassionate global community.

Adam Osborn

Most of my career has involved some form of circuit design. I have a degree in Data Science from UC Berkeley where I also studied robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. I also have two associate's degrees, one in Mathematics and one in Computer Science.

I have been involved in the design of our differential drive control, vacuum control system and sensor suite. I have been the primary software engineer for the development of the hierarchical state machine used in our robots.

Kevin Chow

I have had an interest in robotics for a long time. I graduated with a BS degree in EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) from UC Berkeley and with an MS degree in ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering) from Boston University.