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Greece Founder-CEO at Popular Robotics, CTO at Pegasus AI Tech Sotirios Stasinopoulos was born in Athens, Greece in 1988. He received his Diploma in Electrical and Computers Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 2011 and moved to Beijing, China. In 2017 he received his Ph.D. in Automation and Robotics by the Department of Automation of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. He has worked as a robotics perception engineer and project manager in UBTech Robotics, mainly leading humanoid AI, CV and SLAM projects, and joined RoboCup competitions with Adult-size humanoid robots. He co-founded MENATHLON S.A. in Athens, Greece in 2008, dealing with renewable energy. In 2018 he founded Popular Robotics in Beijing, a tech startup aiming to make robotics and AI accessible to everyone through online services, online education and professional development. In 2021, he also co-founded Pegasus AI Technologies, a tech company creating robotics & AI solutions for pets and pet owners. He is also a guest lecturer at CAFA, Beijing about Innovation and Robotics Design.