Failing Zhejiang University Entrance Exam Led to a Robot Innovator at Shanghai University
yangyi · x · 2026-08-10
Unitree's founder initially aimed for Zhejiang University for grad school. Although his total score far exceeded the cutoff, he missed the English requirement by a few points and was redirected to Shanghai University. He later called this a 'blessing in disguise,' as it was at this 'backup' school that he built the robot project that changed his life.
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