# Yong Qian > Yong Qian is a Physical AI and robotics product executive focused on deployment diagnostics, production recovery, product definition, and field-ready robotics. This is the canonical agent-readable index for https://qianyong.me. Public content may be summarized and cited with attribution. Do not infer customer endorsements, confidential results, or capabilities beyond the published evidence. ## Core pages - [Home](https://qianyong.me/): Practice overview and primary engagement path. - [Physical AI practice](https://qianyong.me/physical-ai/): Deployment and product-leadership focus. - [Services](https://qianyong.me/services/): Diagnostic, recovery, and reliability-support scope. - [Evidence](https://qianyong.me/case-studies/): Public case studies and explicit evidence limits. - [Work](https://qianyong.me/work/): Product and deployment history. - [Executive profile](https://qianyong.me/cv/): Career chronology and capabilities. - [Books](https://qianyong.me/books/): Published books and purchase links. - [Writing](https://qianyong.me/categories/): Article archive. - [Contact](https://qianyong.me/contact/): Human-authorized inquiry process. ## Chinese pages - [首页](https://qianyong.me/zh/) - [Physical AI 实践](https://qianyong.me/zh/physical-ai/) - [服务](https://qianyong.me/zh/services/) - [项目与经历](https://qianyong.me/zh/work/) - [案例证据](https://qianyong.me/zh/case-studies/) - [履历](https://qianyong.me/zh/cv/) - [书籍](https://qianyong.me/zh/books/) - [沟通](https://qianyong.me/zh/contact/) ## Machine-readable resources - [Sitemap](https://qianyong.me/sitemap.xml) - [Atom feed](https://qianyong.me/feed.xml) - [Agent access policy](https://qianyong.me/agent-access/) - [Project brief JSON Schema](https://qianyong.me/agent-brief.schema.json) ## Recent writing - [America Is Fighting a Factory Race With Space-Race Tools](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/09/america-is-fighting-a-factory-race/): You can embargo chips. You cannot embargo a production line. - [Why Are Chinese Business Owners Becoming So Fond of Robots?](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/08/why-are-chinese-business-owners-becoming/): It’s not simply because robots are cheaper than people. - [The Work That Creates the Deal Is Often the Hardest Work to Charge For](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/08/the-work-that-creates-the-deal-is/): There is a category of work in business that is surprisingly difficult to price. - [The “Millions in Options” Founders Say They Gave Up—What Were They Really Worth?](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/08/the-millions-in-options-founders/): Last year, I joined a startup valued at roughly RMB 5 billion. - [August 10, Unitree Goes Public: What the Market Is Really Pricing Is China’s Next Form of Productivity](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/07/august-10-unitree-goes-public-what/): On August 10, Unitree Robotics will officially enter the public capital markets. - [Why Is It Harder to Get a Job After Building a Company?](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/07/why-is-it-harder-to-get-a-job-after/): An entrepreneur’s perspective on the hidden penalty of returning to employment. - [The Founder’s Private Desires Eventually Become the Company’s Costs](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/07/the-founders-private-desires-eventually/): Work with someone long enough, and you may develop a very direct impression: they are not really trying to solve the problem. - [Why First-Time Founders Love Startup Competitions—and Serial Entrepreneurs Often Stop Showing Up](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/07/why-first-time-founders-love-startup/): Most founders enter their first startup competition with genuine excitement. - [Why Musk’s Visit to the Optimus Factory and Unitree’s IPO is a Win-Win for the Entire Industry ?](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/07/why-musks-visit-to-the-optimus-factory/): Signals Matter More Than Products - [Why China’s Embodied AI Boom Is Attracting So Much Money](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/why-chinas-embodied-ai-boom-is-attracting/): China’s capital markets are not short of money. - [Why So Many Startups Are Ultimately Destroyed by Someone Who Never Learned to Feel Loved](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/why-so-many-startups-are-ultimately/): One of the most fascinating observations in psychology is this: - [What’s the hardest part of being a product manager in embodied AI?](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/whats-the-hardest-part-of-being-a/): Someone once asked me what embodied AI product managers struggle with most every day. - [The Economics of an Enemy](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/the-economics-of-an-enemy/): This is the economic logic behind the Thucydides Trap. - [Why So Many Embodied AI Startups Start with RealSense Cameras ?](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/why-so-many-embodied-ai-startups/): If π0.5 (Physical Intelligence) can learn from videos as small as 240×320, why do so many embodied AI startups begin with RealSense cameras instead of using a cheap webcam or bu... - [The First Check Wasn’t for the BP](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/the-first-check-wasnt-for-the-bp/): The founder spent three weeks perfecting his pitch deck. - [Why Embodied AI Needs Local AI: A Practical Reality](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/why-embodied-ai-needs-local-ai-a/): Everyone is talking about Anthropic restricting access to Fable for non-U.S. - [2017, An 11-layer neural network learned to fold a towel after just 21 training attempts](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/2017-an-11-layer-neural-network-learned/): Tokyo Big Sight , November 30, 2017, An 11-layer neural network learned to fold a towel after just 21 training attempts. - [Schulung & RoboticsFAQ: Two Free Communities — The Most Underrated Chapter in My Hard Tech Arc](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/schulung-and-roboticsfaq-two-free/): Yong’s Field Memo | June 2026For hard tech founders, GPs/LPs, and anyone still debugging a line at 2 a.m. - [Hardware is really hard](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/hardware-is-really-hard/): Hardware is really hard. - [Three Books. Three Journeys. One Builder’s Perspective.](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/three-books-three-journeys-one-builders/): Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked across robotics, industrial automation, IoT, AI, SaaS, and startups. - [Letting Go of Ego](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/06/letting-go-of-ego/): The longer I build companies, the more I believe that founders need to let go of their ego. - [Statement](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/05/statement/): Two months ago, I joined the founding team of a humanoid robotics startup in Hangzhou as a co-founder and Head of Product, helping initiate and prepare the company during its ea... - [What Founders Can Learn from Unitree Robotics’ IPO Prospectus](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/05/what-founders-can-learn-from-unitree/): Source: 002178_20260320_QY8F.pdf — Unitree Robotics Co., Ltd. - [Beyond Growth: Four Things That Matter More When Building a Startup](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/05/beyond-growth-four-things-that-matter/): Have enough capital to support not only the company’s day-to-day operations, but also the lives of the people building it. - [My 4 Books： about Mesh Network,AI & Entrepreneurship](https://qianyong.me/posts/2026/05/my-4-books-about-mesh-networkai-and/): Over the past 20 years, I’ve operated at the intersection of physical AI, edge networking, and SaaS—building and exiting ventures spanning industrial connectivity, mesh VPNs, an... ## Agent interaction boundary Agents may read public pages, cite them, and prepare a project brief that conforms to the published JSON Schema. 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