{"id":"b515b255-670d-482b-a841-588836eb2135","slug":"liangchuan-mi","name":"Liangchuan Mi","bioBrief":"Vice President of Robotics at XPeng and former Head of the XPeng Robotics Business Unit (appointed Sept 2023). Led the technical roadmap, organizational structure, and product implementation for XPeng's humanoid robotics project (IRON). Previously Senior Director of Autonomous Driving at XPeng (joined 2021). Spent a decade at NVIDIA (2005-2015) as a software engineer and later Senior Software Engineering Manager, then co-founded robotics startup MiVee as CTO (2015-2016) before rejoining NVIDIA's Autonomous Driving unit. M.S. in Robotics from Iowa State University; worked at the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute. Departed XPeng in 2026 amid a broader executive turnover in the robotics division.","priorExits":null,"nationality":"Chinese","verificationPosture":"reported","aliases":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://baike.baidu.com/en/item/Mi%20Liangchuan/2462170","title":"Mi Liangchuan (Vice President of Robotics at Xpeng)","sourceName":"Baidu Baike"},{"url":"https://cnevpost.com/2026/06/30/xpeng-loses-another-robotics-veteran/","title":"Xpeng loses another robotics veteran as production push stumbles","sourceName":"CNevPost"},{"url":"https://kr-asia.com/mi-liangchuans-exit-deepens-pressure-on-xpengs-robotics-push","title":"Mi Liangchuan's exit deepens pressure on Xpeng's robotics push","sourceName":"KrAsia"}],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","createdAt":"2026-08-30T17:03:57.714Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-31T21:42:25.389Z","educations":[],"companyRoles":[{"id":"8394739e-40a0-43e7-ac04-4b9b2aa85594","personId":"b515b255-670d-482b-a841-588836eb2135","companyId":"963ad25b-01b4-49cf-a1cc-02177a84599b","role":"executive","roleTitle":"Head of Robotics Division","startDate":null,"endDate":null,"currentRole":true,"roleBasis":"verified_secondary","displayOrder":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-30T17:03:58.478Z","company":{"slug":"dogotix","name":"Dogotix"}}],"boardRoles":[],"investorRoles":[],"foundings":[]}