Tao, Wenjin

Technical Product Lead @ Foxconn Industrial AI

Bridging AI and Manufacturing to Build the Future Factory

I translate cutting-edge AI into robust, scalable solutions for global factory operations.



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Bio

Dr. Wenjin Tao is the Technical Product Lead at Foxconn Industrial AI (iAI), where he spearheads the development of intelligent manufacturing solutions that seamlessly integrate artificial intelligence with industrial automation. At the forefront of Industry 4.0, he leads global initiatives in product innovation, proof-of-concept deployments, and factory digitalization. His work spans robotics, computer vision, time-series signal processing, and cyber-physical systems, with a focus on making AI technologies practical, scalable, and impactful across real-world manufacturing environments.

Dr. Tao holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he conducted research under the guidance of Prof. Ming C. Leu. His academic work centered on worker-centered intelligent manufacturing, combining deep learning with multimodal sensor fusion (IMU, sEMG, and computer vision) to enable real-time human activity recognition and process optimization. He has authored more than a dozen peer-reviewed papers and book contributions.