Shibo

Shibo is the founder of Yueban Dongli and guest in 我遇到了第一个真正想买的陪伴机器人！｜对话世博：越伴动力创始人【公路播客】. The episode describes him as a 26-year-old robotics founder who suspended a Beijing Institute of Technology PhD, has built nearly 30 original robots, and previously participated in a robotics company as a product lead.

Position In The Episode

• Argues that Companion Robots should create emotional coexistence rather than serve as command-driven tools.
• Presents Xiaoban as a bipedal, soft-bodied, non-human family companion whose value comes from Robot Liveliness.
• Explains Yueban Dongli’s technical stack through Qwen, On Device Fast Slow Brain, Emotional Interaction Models, and the Family World Simulator.
• Emphasizes engineering discipline through “No excuse for engineer” while describing the team culture as practical work in service of a romantic goal.

Connections

• Yueban Dongli — company he founded.
• Xiaoban — first consumer companion robot product discussed in the episode.
• Koji and Shizilukou Crossing — host and podcast context.
• LOVOT — reference product that shaped his view that companion interaction should be restrained.
• Marc Raibert and Boston Dynamics — robotics inspirations he names.