BYD Secretly Develops Humanoid Robot Codename 'Yao-Shun-Yu' as Auto Giants Race Into Embodied AI BYD, China's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, has confirmed it is secretly developing humanoid robots under a project codenamed "Yao-Shun-Yu." The revelation came from BYD Executive Vice President Li Ke in a recent interview, shedding light on the automaker's ambitions beyond electric vehicles and into the rapidly emerging field of embodied AI. The project was initiated in 2022 and operates under BYD's 15th Business Unit, which focuses on electronic integration and intelligence.