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丁文超 | Profile
Profile at a glance
丁文超 is an embodied-AI researcher and entrepreneur. He is a young researcher and doctoral supervisor at Fudan University's School of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing, and co-founder and chief scientist of TARS. Previously, he worked on prediction and decision-making for Huawei's intelligent-driving systems, contributing to ADS 1.0 and 2.0. His prediction-decision coupling technology was applied in production vehicle programs, including BAIC and AITO models, according to Fudan's profile.
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Experience
His research has moved from unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous driving to embodied intelligence and physical AI. At Huawei, he worked on intelligent-driving systems and production applications. At Fudan and TARS, his work focuses on data-driven decision-making and training robots with human-interaction data for real-world environments.
Career and roles
- Huawei Intelligent Automotive Solution BU · Technical expert in prediction
2020–2023 · Worked on Huawei ADS 1.0 and ADS 2.0 intelligent-driving systems, prediction-decision coupling algorithms, and production-vehicle applications.
- School of Intelligent Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing, Fudan University · Young researcher and doctoral supervisor
2023–profile updated September 2026 · Conducts embodied-AI and physical-AI research, supervises graduate students, and validates algorithms on physical robot platforms.
- TARS (它石智航) · Co-founder and chief scientist
Profile current through September 2026; the source does not specify the company's founding date · Develops human-centered data collection and the AI World Engine (AWE) embodied model for industrial applications.
Education
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng. in Electronic Information Engineering (2015)
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Direct-entry PhD after his 2015 bachelor's degree; the source does not state the PhD completion year
Public record
- A 2026 Fudan profile says his prediction-decision coupling algorithm reached production and was used in vehicle programs including BAIC and AITO.
- A 2026 Fudan profile says he was selected in the Inventors category of MIT Technology Review China's 2025 Innovators Under 35 list.
- His team developed a human-centered embodied-data collection method, the AI World Engine (AWE), and the SenseHub wearable data-collection device.
Sources
- 1. A 1990s-born founder returns to Fudan to build again · Fudan University
复旦大学2026年报道记载：丁文超2015年本科毕业于华中科技大学电子信息专业，随后直博香港科技大学；2020年加入华为车BU参与ADS研发，2023年加入复旦，并任它石智航联合创始人兼首席科学家。Original Chinese-language excerpt