People's Daily front-page report features Direct Drive Technology's D1 modular robot

People's Daily reported on its front page about the D1 modular robot from Direct Drive Technology, an incubated company at the XbotPark robotics base. The robot can separate and combine within 3 seconds, switching between bipedal and quadrupedal forms. D1 was developed by Direct Drive Technology, founded by Zhang Di, a disciple of Professor Li Zexiang of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It uses a modular design and can be fitted with "arms" and "eyes"; it is currently being tested for complex scenarios such as short-distance transport and fire rescue. The team relied on the industrial chain of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to carry the project from R&D and prototyping to mass production.